# Incident 19861021074159I: Amtrea ACROSPORT, Marshall Townsh, PA, October 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1986, 18:00 local time
- Place: Marshall Townsh, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N896JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N896JC-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steele John J ACRO SPORT II (registry code 05646CD, https://openairdocs.org/model/steele-john-j-acro-sport-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTREA ACROSPORT
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 12 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861021074159I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER DURING FLIGHT AND PILOT LANDED ON THE TURNPIKE. SOME CONTAMINATION FOUND IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N896JC (3)

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

- [Accident 20170730015639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170730015639A), Jul 30, 2017: Steele  John J ACRO SPORT  II (N896JC), Loudonville, OH, Substantial damage. My adult son [privacy data omitted] and I were returning from oshkosh Wisconsin to brunswick Maine on Sunday, August 30, 2017. We were flying my recently…
- [Accident 20081015853249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081015853249A), Oct 15, 2008: Steele ACROSPORTII (N896JC), Madison, NH, Substantial damage. On October 15, 2008, [privacy data omitted], pilot in command of N896JC was operating his aircraft in cruise flight when he experienced a partial engine…
- [Accident 19900103000069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900103000069A), Jan 3, 1990: Amtrea ACROSPORT (N896JC), Penn Yan, NY, Substantial damage. Struck a snowbank on takeoff roll and flipped over.

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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