- Date
- November 3, 1988, 23:30 local (Nov 4, 1988, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ebensburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4023YCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881103049029A
- Case key
- 36329
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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 experienced a total loss of power and crashed in trees near Ebensburg, PA. A teardown inspection revealed extensive preimpact damage to the engine. The #3 main bearing had failed, causing the interruption of oil supply to the #4 and 5 bearings and failure of a connecting rod. Approx one qt of oil was in the crankcase. Metal particles and oil were in the oil pump. The forced ldng was inpedded by oil on the windsheild and smoke in the cockpit. The plt stalled the acft when he noted the airplane brushing against treetops.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4023Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850223
- Airframe hours
- 1,940
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffery S. Amsler
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey S Amsler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1988 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- UNV · Universal Park, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,285 total · 61 in this make and model · 10,055 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- 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.