- Date
- December 2, 1994, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Batavia, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12395Cessna 172J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941202047749A
- Case key
- 38907
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the landing flare/toughdown. Factors related to the accident were: the crosswind and proximity of the ditch to the runway.
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 reported that during the landing flare on runway 22, the airplane drifted right. Subsequently, the right wing contacted the ground and the airplane went off the right side of the runway. The airplane then crossed a ditch and a taxiway before coming to rest with substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On December 2, 1994, about 1520 eastern standard time, N12395, a Cessna 172J airplane, a personal flight, collided with the ground during landing at Clermont County Airport, Batavia, Ohio. Visual meteorological conditions existed. The certificated private pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The departure point was Tapin, West Virginia. The flight was operated under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot reported, "I came in over the numbers on centerline and about three feet from landing, (the airplane) went to the right." According to the FAA, during the landing flare on runway 22, the airplane drifted right and the right wing dragged the ground. The airplane went off the right side of and perpendicular to the runway. The airplane crossed a ditch and a taxiway before it came to a stop about 400 feet off the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12395
- Reported as
- Cessna 172J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261968
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hammond Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hammond Frederick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 25, 1994
- Departed
- I94 · Taplin, WV
- Destination
- I69 · Batavia, OH
- Airport
- I69 · Clermont County, runway 22, 3,705 × 75 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 97 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °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 N12395 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.