# Incident 19960613023599I: Cessna 170, Port Alsworth, AK, June 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1996, 06:00 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Airport: Port Alsworth
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.2043° N, 154.3189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT ALSWORTH (TPO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2043&lon=-154.3189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3236A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3236A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,615 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960613023599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 6-13-96 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00AM ADT, N3236A PILOTED BY THE OWNER, JOHN E. LIBBY, JR., DEPARTED MRI ENROUTE TO DLG, VIA LAKE CLARK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE OVER LAKE CLARK PASS. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS INITIATED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE THREW A ROD.

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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