# Accident 19850906069749A: Cessna 170, Fruitport, MI, September 6, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1985, 18:05 local time
- Place: Fruitport, MI
- Airport: Flying A Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1051° N, 86.1213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING-A-RANCH (39Z), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1051&lon=-86.1213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4169V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4169V-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850906069749A

## Narrative

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

LEFT COWLING POPPED OPEN AFTER TAKEOFF. PANICKED DUE TO TURBULENCE AND LOOSE COWLING. NOSED INTO GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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