- Date
- July 7, 1986, 03:04 local (07:04 UTC)
- Place
- Kirkland, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N7098ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860707030979A
- Case key
- 7143
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Pilot had flown from wisconson to cape cod on Wednesday and was returning to Wisconsin on Sunday. He had departed provincetown on Sunday morning and stopped at hyannis due to weather. He then flew on to saratoga springs, NY with a stop at westover, arriving at saratoga springs at 2157 EDT. He departed saratoga springs at about 2250 EDT and after being airborne for about 4.25 hours, told cleveland approach control that he had an engine out. The aircraft collided with trees. Two and one-half quarts of fuel were found in the left tank; right tank was empty. Although the right tank had been ruptured, no evidence of fuel spillage was found at the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7098A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29198
- Airframe hours
- 2,468
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen L. Neu
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 24, 1985 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- 5B2 · Saratoga, NY
- Destination
- BKL · Cleveland, OH
- Airport
- LNN · Lost Nation
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 86 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.