Cessna 172 N7098A

Summary

On 7 July 1986 at about 07:04 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7098A was involved in an accident near Kirkland, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 July 1986 at 07:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Kirkland, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Lost Nation (LNN)

Coordinates

41.6403, -81.3995

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7098A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Saratoga → Cleveland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL86LA189

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PILOT HAD FLOWN FROM WISCONSON TO CAPE COD ON WEDNESDAY AND WAS RETURNING TO WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY. HE HAD DEPARTED PROVINCETOWN ON SUNDAY MORNING AND STOPPED AT HYANNIS DUE TO WEATHER. HE THEN FLEW ON TO SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY WITH A STOP AT WESTOVER, ARRIVING AT SARATOGA SPRINGS AT 2157 EDT. HE DEPARTED SARATOGA SPRINGS AT ABOUT 2250 EDT AND AFTER BEING AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 4.25 HOURS, TOLD CLEVELAND APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE HAD AN ENGINE OUT. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. TWO AND ONE-HALF QUARTS OF FUEL WERE FOUND IN THE LEFT TANK; RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY. ALTHOUGH THE RIGHT TANK HAD BEEN RUPTURED, NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE WAS FOUND AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.