19941021048579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172B · Honesdale, PA · October 21, 1994

Date
October 21, 1994 · 15:35 local
Place
Honesdale, PA
Airport
Cherry Ridge Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7491X
Reported as
Cessna 172B
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total45 in this make and model50 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.

Lost power on final. Landed short of runway. Struck rock wall. Fuel selector on left empty tank instead of both.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. STRUCK ROCK WALL. FUEL SELECTOR ON LEFT EMPTY TANK INSTEAD OF BOTH.