- Date
- September 14, 1990, 04:37 local (08:37 UTC)
- Place
- Plain City, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N95644Cessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900914040029A
- Case key
- 36548
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Poor judgement of the pilot due to consumption of alcohol, flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain control of the aircraft due to spatial disorientation. Factors related to the accident were: darkness, adverse weather conditions, the pilot's lack of total flight experience, and his lack of experience/training for flight at night or in instrument weather conditions.
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 non-certified plt & psgr departed the arpt at night in wx that was about 300' overcast with 3 mi visibility & fog. The plt had only about 8.3 hrs of flt time. He had no training for flt at night. After takeoff, he radioed a distress call to the local apch ctl facility. The apch ctlr attempted to vector the acft to a safe landing. About 12 min later, the ctlr lost radio & radar contact with the plane. The acft was found where it had crashed in an open field. There was evidence that the acft was in a steep dscnt when it crashed. The prop was twisted & bent with chordwise scratches. Toxicology testing of the plt's blood showed an alcohol lvl of 230 mg/dl (0.230%).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95644
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285950
- Airframe hours
- 1,427
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Squadron Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Jon Hazelbaker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 26, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
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
- 33
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8 total · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.