# Accident 19870107000219A: Cessna 170, Pitman, NJ, January 7, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1987, 16:30 local time
- Place: Pitman, NJ
- Airport: Pitman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7331° N, 75.1297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pitman, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7331&lon=-75.1297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2528V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2528V-2012-09-12) (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: 1,179 total, 454 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87DHD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DHD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870107000219A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A DESCENDING SPIRAL AND IMPACTED IN AN ORCHARD. RUDDER CABLE HAD FAILED DUE TO CORROSION.

## 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 NYC87DHD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DHD02), Jan 7, 1987: Cessna 170 (N2528V), Pittman, NJ, destroyed

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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