- Date
- May 22, 1990, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Urbana, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6195ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900522017029A
- Case key
- 14463
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Probable cause
Water contamination of the fuel, and the pilot's inadequate preflight, which resulted in loss of engine power.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the initial takeoff climb at an altitude of approximately 50 to 100 ft AGL, a loss of engine power occurred. The pilot stated that the passenger/pilot took over the controls and banked the airplane to land in a field along the right side of the runway. The airplane contacted the terrain with the right wing. Post-accident inspection revealed water in both fuel tanks and in the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6195E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46295
- Engine
- Continental O-300-B, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James L. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 7, 1989
- Destination
- 4I2 · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- I74 · Urbana/Grimes Field, runway 5, 3,474 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.