- Date
- August 13, 1988, 21:10 local (Aug 14, 1988, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1925FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880813032489A
- Case key
- 14144
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a local pleasure night flight, in normal cruise configuration, the pilot experienced a loss of engine power due to fuel contamination and executed a forced landing on a highway exit ramp. The pilot stated that he attempted to make the forced landing adjacent to the highway, but the darkness restricted his vision and the aircraft touched down on the exit ramp. The aircraft struck the guard rail, nosed over, and skidded down the embankment on the other side of the guard rail. Evidence of water contamination was found in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1925F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273016
- Airframe hours
- 2,239
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reis, Harvey
- Registered owner
- Ries, Harvey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- I77 · Cincinnati, OH
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,163 total · 1,010 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.