- Date
- April 14, 1992, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sidney, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5085GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920414009999A
- Case key
- 37141
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
The failure of the pilot to maintain airplane directional control after landing, which resulted in a departure from the runway and encounter with rough terrain.
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
Shortly after landing on runway 22, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and encountered rough terrain. The pilot said the approach and landing were normal. The wind was light at the time of landing. The pilot told the FAA he did not remember having his feet on the brakes during landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5085G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273534
- Airframe hours
- 2,668
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry Tabacca
- Registered owner
- J.J.W. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1991 · 220 hours before
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- I12 · Sidney Municipal, runway 22, 3,220 × 50 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,176 total · 680 in this make and model · 1,106 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °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 N5085G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.