# NTSB CHI88LA210: Cessna 172N, N1925F, Montgomery, OH, August 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1988, 21:10 local (Aug 14, 1988, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Montgomery, OH
- Location: 39.2509° N, 84.3476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montgomery, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2509&lon=-84.3476&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14144/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA210

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - roadway/highway
  - terrain condition - downhill
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - wall/barricade
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1925F-1989-09-21), registration cancelled 1989-09-21, S/N 17273016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273016
- Airframe hours: 2239
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880813032489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880813032489A), Aug 13, 1988: Cessna STC172, Montgomery, OH, Substantial damage. Engine quit due to fuel starvation. Hit a guard rail on a exit ramp and flipped over. Water and rust in fuel system

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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