- Date
- October 10, 1991, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Toledo, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N739LTCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911010045609A
- Case key
- 37086
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to preform an aircraft preflight, and remove the gust lock from the aileron, resulting in a loss of airplane control during initial climb.
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 said he forgot to take the gust lock off the right aileron. The airplane climbed to about 5 feet above the ground, started to turn left, and struck a fence near the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739LT
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270634
- Airframe hours
- 1,513
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph Edward Cook
- Registered owner
- Joseph Edward Cook
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 24, 1991 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- TDZ · Teledo/Metcalf, runway 32, 4,223 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,548 total · 1,123 in this make and model · 1,548 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.