Plane Crash List

Cessna 172M N20374

25 August 1982 · Strongsville, Ohio, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 August 1982 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N20374, operated by Josept Lipovits, was involved in an accident near Strongsville, Ohio, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Strongsville, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport
Strongsville (1G6)
Coordinates
41.3093, -81.8295
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N20374
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Josept Lipovits
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Strongsville → Strongsville
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI82DA291

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT FROM AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. THE WIND WAS FROM 320 DEG AT 11 KTS. AFTER RETURNING, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR ENTERED A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT A RADIO CALL WAS MADE ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY TO ANNOUNCE THEIR POSITION ON DOWNWIND. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, A MOONEY M20F, N3438N, ENTERED A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36. DURING THEIR LANDING ROLLS, THE TWO AIRCRAFT COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 27 AND 36.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Cessna 172M 172M N20374 Josept Lipovits Destroyed
Mooney M20F M20F N3438N Marie B. Konys Substantial

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