- Date
- May 27, 1988, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lairdsville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5164HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880527070969A
- Case key
- 36162
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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 Cessna 172 took off on a solo x-c flight with a student pilot/owner operator at the controls. After takeoff. The pilot reported a loss of engine power and made an off airport forced landing in a plowed field. The nose wheel dug in after approx 200 ft and the aircraft flipped over. During post acc exam the engine was torn down and approx 1 pint of oil was found inside. Three connecting rods were tight and dry from lack of lubrication. No evidence of oil leakage fm the engine was found. The oil pump had not failed and the oil lines were tight and had been pressure checked to 220 PSI. The spark plugs exhibited normal ignition signatures and no evidence of blowby was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5164H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265355
- Airframe hours
- 1,549
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David J.Kandrat
- Registered owner
- David J Kandrat, Esq
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- M30 · Honesdale, PA
- Destination
- IPT · Williamsport, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 96 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.