19850127022289A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170A · Lopez, WA · January 27, 1985

Date
January 27, 1985 · 11:20 local
Place
Lopez, WA
Airport
Lopez
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3845V
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA85FA049
Reported as
Cessna 170A
Reported engine
Continental C1452
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
591 total118 in this make and model14 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.

Attempted a wingover too close to the ground. Unable to pull out of dive in time, impacted ground.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED A WINGOVER TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND. UNABLE TO PULL OUT OF DIVE IN TIME, IMPACTED GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.