# NTSB NYC87LA007: Cessna 172N, N5094K, Port Matilda, PA, October 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1986, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Port Matilda, PA
- Coordinates: 40.790637, -78.05046 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7906&lon=-78.0505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30541
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30541/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA007

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5094K-2013-11-12), registration cancelled 2013-11-12, S/N 17273965, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273965
- Airframe hours: 447
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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

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.

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