41.1222° N, 78.7551° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of DuBois, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 24, 1988 · 23:10 local
Place
Du Bois, PA
Airport
Du Bois-Jefferson County Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N96557
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Reported icing and unable to maintain altitude. Vectored to nearest airport and landed without incident.
As the FAA filed it
REPORTED ICING AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. VECTORED TO NEAREST AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.