- Date
- October 23, 1983, 15:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Reading, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13383Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831023054969A
- Case key
- 35454
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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
The plt reported that during the flt, then he lost use of his radio & navigation equipment. Reportedly, he was forced to land about 1 mi from the Reading airport due to bad wx. The acft electrical system was checked, but no reason for the electrical failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13383
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L-3629027A
- Airframe hours
- 1,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vilardi Springfield, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1982
- Departed
- Haggerstown, MD
- Destination
- Morristown, NJ
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,435 total · 1,435 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.