# Accident 19811115073689A: Cessna 170B, Onamia, MN, November 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1981, 06:15 local time
- Place: Onamia, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0703° N, 93.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Onamia, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0703&lon=-93.6671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3502C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811115073689A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT FLYING IN ZERO, ZERO DENSE FOG. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEF.

## 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 CHI82FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA013), Nov 15, 1981: Cessna 170B (N3502C), Onamia, MN, 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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