# Accident 19810430020719A: Cessna 170B, Steamboat, NV, April 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Steamboat, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3771° N, 119.7438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Steamboat, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3771&lon=-119.7438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2318D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2318D-1982-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810430020719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK TREES JUST BELOW RIDGE LINE IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. DOWNDRAFTS IN AREA. ALCOHOL IN PILOT'S SYSTEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX81FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA080), Apr 30, 1981: Cessna 170B (N2318D), Steamboat, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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