# Accident 19840308076189A: Cessna 172Q, Meadville, PA, March 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1984, 14:02 local time
- Place: Meadville, PA
- Airport: Port Meadville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6393° N, 80.1392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6393&lon=-80.1392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96286 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172Q
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,476 total, 279 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840308076189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SLOWLY LOST ALL ENGINE POWER IN IMC. IMPACTED IN FIELD NEAR AIRPORT. ICE IN CARB  HEAT INLET AND AIR INTAKE FILTER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC84FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA104), Mar 8, 1984: Cessna 172Q (N96286), Meadville, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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