# Accident 20000506022529A: Cessna 120, Tunkhannock, PA, May 6, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Tunkhannock, PA
- Airport: Skyhaven Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3707° N, 76.0201° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3707&lon=-76.0201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2842N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,046 total, 851 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000506022529A

## Narrative

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

(.4)WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS AND PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. DURING THE LANDING TO UNEVEN TERRAIN, THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED.  EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A 2 TO 3 INCH CRACK IN THE VICINITY OF THE 'NUMBER ONE' CYLINDER.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE ENGINE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53 YEARS OLD, WITH 1,778 HOURS OF OPERATION SINCE ITS LAST OVERHAUL IN 1961.                            (-23) PILOT DEPARTED WEEDSPORT AIRPORT (B16), NY AT 9:20 AM AND FLEW TO TRI-CITIES (CZG), EDICOTT, NY, TO PICK UP A PASSENGER. HE THEN DEPARTED TRI-CITIES (CZG) AND FLEW TO BLOOMSBURG MUNICIPAL (N13), PA, WHERE HE LANDED FOR LUNCH. HE THEN DEPARTED BLOOMSBURG MUNI (N13) ENROUTE TO SKYHAVEN AIRPORT (76N), PA. WHEN HE HEARD THE ENGINE START TO RUN ROUGH AND THE OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO DROP, PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD AND, ON ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RUT AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITSELF. ON REMOVAL OF COWLING IN THE FIELD, THERE WAS A FRESH COATING OF OIL OVER THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ON INSPECTION, WE WERE UNABLE TO DETECT WHERE THE ENGINE OIL WAS COMING FROM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA129), May 6, 2000: Cessna 120 (N2842N), Beaumont, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A crack in the crankcase which resulted in a partial power loss.

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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