Cessna 172 N8193B

Summary

On 24 December 1988 at about 17:10 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N8193B was involved in an accident near Wadsworth, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 December 1988 at 17:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Wadsworth, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Weltzien Skypark (15G)

Coordinates

41.0209, -81.7296

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N8193B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL89FA059

2 people died.

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

PIC & FUTURE SON-IN-LAW CAME TO ARPT TO FLY ACFT. WX WAS LOW CEILINGS & VIZ DUE TO FOG. PIC DID NOT HAVE INSTRUMENT RATING. THE SON-IN-LAW, AN ARMY CAPTAIN, WAS SKED TO LEAVE FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT SHORTLY. CLOSEST ARPT WHICH RPTED WX, 15 MILES SOUTHEAST, INDICATED THAT THE CEILINGS WERE RAGGED & THE TEMP/DEW POINT WAS 1 DEGREE APART. THE PILOT DID NOT OBTAIN A WX BRIEFING. OTHER PILOTS WERE SURPRISED WHEN THE PIC DEPARTED AND NOTED HE THROTTLED BACK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ACFT WAS FOUND IN A FIELD ABOUT 3 MILES NE OF THE ARPT. IT WAS LOCATED IN THE APPROXIMATE AREA FOR A DOWNWIND LEG TO RUNWAY 21 AT WELTZIEN SKYPARK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.