# Incident 19910720028789I: Cessna 170A, Tunkhannock, PA, July 20, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1991, 11:45 local time
- Place: Tunkhannock, PA
- Airport: Skyhaven Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5282° N, 75.9459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYHAVEN (76N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5282&lon=-75.9459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3864V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3864V-2012-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910720028789I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. LANDED IN PLOWED FIELD. POSSIBLE FUEL EXHAUSTION IN LEFT TANK.

## Other reports on N3864V (2)

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

- [Accident 19860708037389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860708037389A), Jul 8, 1986: Cessna 170A (N3864V), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Landed in a field after engine quit en route. Suspect carburetor icing.
- [Accident 19810313009659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810313009659A), Mar 13, 1981: Cessna 170 (N3864V), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on runway during solo touch and go. Struck snowbank.

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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