19831023054969A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Reading, PA · October 23, 1983

Date
October 23, 1983 · 15:40 local
Place
Reading, PA
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N13383
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC84LA011
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,435 total1,435 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crash occurred during emergency landing after electrical failure caused lost communications on IFR flight.

As the FAA filed it

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSED LOST COMMUNICATIONS ON IFR FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.