41.6731° N, 77.3622° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Stony Fork, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 7, 1986 · 14:37 local
Place
Stony Fork, PA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
MILF
Aircraft
CFGFI
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,650 total400 in this make and model150 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.
Right engine lost power during cruise. Restarted minutes later. Suspect ice crystals at injector nozzles.
As the FAA filed it
RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER DURING CRUISE. RESTARTED MINUTES LATER. SUSPECT ICE CRYSTALS AT INJECTOR NOZZLES.