- Date
- April 27, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8052LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850427063709A
- Case key
- 35863
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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 acft nosed over in a plowed field during a forced landing after a pwr loss during cruise flt. After the pwr loss the plt declared an emergency and set up a slide for the nearby arpt. Strong winds interfered in the planned approach and the acft settled in the plowed field. The nose gear was sheared during the lndg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8052L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256252
- Airframe hours
- 5,946
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Minute Man Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MDT
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.