Cessna 172N accident near Trout Run, PA
On July 13, 1994, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Trout Run, PA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 13, 1994
- Place
- Trout Run, PA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.390°N, 77.079°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01821
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 13, 1994, at 1742 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N3150E, piloted by Mr. Gary R. Duncan, of Janesville, Wisconsin, struck a hillside in Trout Run, Pennsylvania. The airplane was destroyed. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions with thunderstorms prevailed. The flight was operated on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot received two weather briefing from Green Bay Flight Service prior to departure from Janesville, Wisconsin. The first briefing was conducted on July 12, 1994, at 1712, and was an outlook briefing. This was followed by a full briefing on July 13, 1994, at 0744, when the IFR flight plans were filed. The briefing included the following comments: ...okay and as far as the forecast goes for Pennsylvania...general forecast through western Pennsylvania - - looks like northwestern portions, four to five thousand broken, tops ten thousand, widely scattered thunderstorm rainshowers, tops to thirty five thousand...their forecast [AVP] after seventeen zulu [1300 EDT] forty five hundred scattered, twenty five thousand thin broken, southwest winds at ten, occasional ceilings forty five hundred broken, chance of ceilings at a thousand overcast, one mile [visibility] thunderstorm, moderate rain showers - so you'll definitely want to get an update when you get to twenty two golf.... The pilot filed an IFR flight plan to Lorain County Regional Airport (22G), Elyria, Ohio. Enroute he changed his destination to Wood County Airport (1G0), Bowling Green, Ohio, where
Probable cause
the delayed decision of the pilot to deviate from known weather which resulted in an inflight loss of control and impact with terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
