# Accident 19870109000469A: Cessna 170A, Marston Mills, MA, January 9, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1987, 14:45 local time
- Place: Marston Mills, MA
- Airport: Cape Cod
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6853° N, 70.4022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE COD (2B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6853&lon=-70.4022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5571C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5571C-1988-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,247 total, 71 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870109000469A

## Narrative

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

THE ENGINE LOST PARTIAL POWER. PLANE STRUCK TREES SHORT OF A RUNWAY. LEFT TANK EMPTY, RIGHT HAD 5 GAL. SECTOR BOTH

## 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 NYC87LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA057), Jan 9, 1987: Cessna 170A (N5571C), Marston Mills, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5571C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871222070969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871222070969A), Dec 22, 1987: Cessna 170A (N5571C), Sandwich, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On photo flight, aircraft pitched up, stalled and crashed. Anticoagulant drug found in pilots system.

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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