# Incident 19960706021709I: Cessna 152, Selingsgrove, PA, July 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1996, 01:05 local time
- Place: Selingsgrove, PA
- Airport: Penn Valley Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8212° N, 76.8642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENN VALLEY (SEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8212&lon=-76.8642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4669Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4669Q-2014-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 134 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706021709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 6, 1996, AT 0105 HOURS, A CESSNA MODEL 152, REGISTRATION NUMBER N4669Q, REGISTERED TO STERLING AIRWAYS, INC., MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO A CORNFIELD IN UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP, SUNBURY, PA WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DANSVILLE, NY (DSV) ON JULY 5, 1996, AT 2115 HOURS. THE PILOT DEPARTED DSV FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AT SENECA FALLS, NY. HE THEN TURNED AROUND FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT TO DSV AT WHICH TIME HE NOTICED THAT THE COMPASSES DID NOT CORRELATE TO THE DIRECTION SELECTED. HE FOUND THAT HE WAS OVER ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT AT THIS TIME HIS VHF TRANSMITTER WAS INOPERATIVE. THE PILOT THEN FLEW DUE SOUTH, WHICH SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO DSV. THE PILOT DID NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE DURATION OF THE RETURN FLIGHT. WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS LOST, HE WAS OVER SUNBURY, PA. HE LOCATED A SUITABLE LANDING AREA, CIRCLED IT TO BURN OFF THE REMAINING FUEL, AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING ONTO THE CORNFIELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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