- Date
- December 26, 1989, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N65673Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891226053709A
- Case key
- 14610
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Probable cause
The inability to establish a sufficient climb after takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experinece in this type of aircraft.
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
The pilot reported that during the takeoff portion of the seventh practice touch and go, he felt the aircraft was not climbing as it should have, and chose to make a precautionary landing. The aircraft touched down near the departure end of the runway, ran off the end of the runway and continued down an embankment onto a frozen lake. Post-accident engine run-up revealed no malfunctions; the engine ran satisfactorily throughout all power ranges, and proved capable of producing full static RPM. Magneto checks were satisfactory.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65673
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275814
- Airframe hours
- 1,641
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoganair, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hogan Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 2, 1989 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- MWO · Middletown/Hook Field, runway 23, 6,100 × 100 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 3 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVG, 32 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.