- Date
- October 19, 1986, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Matilda, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5094KCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30541
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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 aircraft experienced power loss for unknown reasons while cruising at 4500 feet MSL. An emergency landing was executed in an open field in a heavily wooded mountainous area. The aircraft was substantially damaged, and there was no fire. The pilot, being the sole occupant, received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5094K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273965
- Airframe hours
- 447
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lloyd Greger
- Registered owner
- Lloyd D. Creger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1986 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- JST · Johnstown, PA
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
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 247 total · 204 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F