- Date
- January 6, 1990, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98923Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900106000239A
- Case key
- 14619
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. The wet condition of the grass runway was a related factor.
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 stated that his approach to landing and touchdown was normal. He reported that the aircraft did not slow properly and started to slide during the landing roll. Also, he stated that the turf runway was 'frozen and hard, but the grass was wet due to the warm weather.' He estimated the temperature was 40 degrees with winds out of the northwest at zero to five knots. Subsequently, the aircraft continued off the departure end of the runway, went through a fence and collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98923
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276381
- Airframe hours
- 1,776
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ottawa Airmens Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ohawa Airmens Club, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1989 · 188 hours before
- Departed
- C09 · Morris, IL
- Airport
- 0C8 · Cushing Field, runway 36, 2,831 × 180 ft, grass/turf
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 7 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 17 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.
Other investigations on N98923 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.