- Date
- January 2, 1991, 10:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Rattlesnake Isl, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9837LCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910102000069A
- Case key
- 36776
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Probable cause
The cfi's delayed decision to execute a go-around from a long landing and subsequent failure to obtain/maintain flying speed.
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 aircraft crashed into lake erie after an aborted landing on runway 27 at Rattlesnake island, OH. The airplane received substantial damage. The student pilot drowned, and the flight instructor and passenger were not injured. The turf runway was 100 feet wide, 1500 feet long, and was covered with one inch of snow. After touchdown, the CFI attempted a go-around; however, the airplane failed to maintain a positive climb and struck the water approximately 100 feet beyond the departure end. The occupants attempted to swim to shore. The water temperature was approximately 35 degrees f.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9837L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276629
- Airframe hours
- 1,882
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- T & G Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Daviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 5, 1990 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- BKL · Cleveland, OH
- Airport
- 580H · Rattlesnake Island, runway 27, 1,500 × 100 ft, snow
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,517 total · 420 in this make and model · 2,359 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F
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 N9837L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.