- Date
- June 13, 1990, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Millersburg, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7955UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900613019999A
- Case key
- 14689
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a go-around attempt. The pilots lack of total aviation experience and his motion sickness are factors associated with the accident.
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 accident airplane collided with a dirt bank and nosed over during an attempted go-around. According to the pilot he was experiencing radio problems after takeoff and started a circular holding pattern over a lake to determine the nature of the radio problem. While circling the pilot became 'extremely nauseous' and decided to return. He continues the narrative by describing how a gust of wind turned him sideways just above the runway during the landing flare and as he increased power for the go-around he drifted left away from the runway and into the dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7955U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251955
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jay J. Baker
- Departed
- 10G
- Destination
- CYO · Circleville, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 106 · Holmes Country, runway 27, 3,500 × 65 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 35 in this make and model · 91 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CAK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.