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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Manzanita, OR · July 29, 1985

Date
July 29, 1985 · 15:10 local
Place
Manzanita, OR
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8011A
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA85FYM03
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
937 total0 in this make and model40 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.

Took off with low ceiling,drizzle and fog into an area in which the mountain tops were obscured. Impacted mountain.

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF WITH LOW CEILING,DRIZZLE AND FOG INTO AN AREA IN WHICH THE MOUNTAIN TOPS WERE OBSCURED. IMPACTED MOUNTAIN.

NTSB investigation

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