33.1687° N, 115.4856° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Calipatria, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 11, 1984 · 14:35 local
Place
Calipatria, CA
Airport
Huff
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N170W
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental O300A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,297 total1,297 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft hit wires and crashed during approach for landing.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT HIT WIRES AND CRASHED DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING.