- Date
- July 21, 1991, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Vernon, OH
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N185GSCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910721028909A
- Case key
- 36958
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Probable cause
The pilot rotated the airplane prematurely and continued the climb at a deck angle that eventually resulted in a stall. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's complacency, failure to determine the airplane's performance capabilities prior to take off and he took off up hill with a quartering tail wind.
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 attempted to take off on a 2400 feet grass runway with the grass 3 to 4 inches high and a slight uphill incline. The outside air temperature was 82 degrees f and the winds were 010 at 7 knots. The pilot took off on a heading of 270 degrees with 30 degrees of flaps, 30 gallons of fuel and 3 occupants weighing a total of 432 lbs. The airplane lifted off at 45 knots, climbed slowly, with the landing gear down. At 200 feet the airplane nosed over and struck trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N185GS
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503970
- Airframe hours
- 2,076
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George H. Siegel
- Registered owner
- George H. Siegel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- O2G · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- NONE · Arrow Head, 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.