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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170A · Cheboygan, MI · March 23, 1987

Date: March 23, 1987 · 17:30 local
Place: Cheboygan, MI
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1483D
Reported as: Cessna 170A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total30 in the last 90 days

N1483DRegistered now · Cessna 170AS/N 20086 · Built 1951 Airframe modelCessna 170A Engine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

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.

The aircraft struck powerlines during a landing approach to an open field. Pilot failed to clear for obstructions.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES DURING A LANDING APPROACH TO AN OPEN FIELD. PILOT FAILED TO CLEAR FOR OBSTRUCTIONS.