- Date
- August 29, 1992, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N100SUCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920829037389A
- Case key
- 15534
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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 he landed on runway 32 after an uneventful flight. Shortly after touch down, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot was unable to maintain runway alignment, and the airplane went off the left side of the runway and struck a midfield marker sign. A post accident inspection of the airplane disclosed no mechanical anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100SU
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275001
- Airframe hours
- 7,054
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ohio State University
- Registered owner
- Ohio State University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 29, 1992 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FWA · Fort Wayne International, runway 32, 8,500 × 150 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 249 total · 107 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 1 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.