ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366798
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 June 1990 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7955U |
| MSN: | 17251955 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Millersburg, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (10G) |
| Circleville, NY (KCYO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK AND NOSED OVER DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS EXPERIENCING RADIO PROBLEMS AFTER TAKEOFF AND STARTED A CIRCULAR HOLDING PATTERN OVER A LAKE TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE RADIO PROBLEM. WHILE CIRCLING THE PILOT BECAME 'EXTREMELY NAUSEOUS' AND DECIDED TO RETURN. HE CONTINUES THE NARRATIVE BY DESCRIBING HOW A GUST OF WIND TURNED HIM SIDEWAYS JUST ABOVE THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING FLARE AND AS HE INCREASED POWER FOR THE GO-AROUND HE DRIFTED LEFT AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE DIRT BANK.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A GO-AROUND ATTEMPT. THE PILOTS LACK OF TOTAL AVIATION EXPERIENCE AND HIS MOTION SICKNESS ARE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI90LA153
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 12:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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