# Incident 19851115065479I: Cessna 172P, Crooked Creek, AK, November 15, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1985, 14:00 local time
- Place: Crooked Creek, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.8700° N, 158.1108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crooked Creek, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8700&lon=-158.1108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52950, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52950) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851115065479I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON RIVER ICE AFTER SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND VIBRATION. NUMBER 2 CYLINDER PUSHROD ASSEMBLIES BENT, BROKEN.

## Other reports on N52950 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220506006459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220506006459I), May 6, 2022: Cessna 172P (N52950), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Flying a Cessna 172P (N52950) on 06 may 2022 at approx... 10:15L/18:15Z. With the intent of landing on an off airport gravel surface…
- [Accident 20160901022949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160901022949A), Sep 1, 2016: Cessna 172P (N52950), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On 1 sep, 2016, my student and I put the flaps up in N52950, while sitting on a taxiway near to abeam the land and sea aviation fuel point, getting ready to…
- [Incident 20090225025079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090225025079I), Feb 25, 2009: Cessna 172P (N52950), Anchorage, AK, No damage. The pilot was doing a touch and go and, while the pilot was resetting the flaps, the plane veered to the left when it encountered ice. It clipped a runway…

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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