# Accident 19870812044449A: Cessna 170, Sutton, AK, August 12, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1987, 21:00 local time
- Place: Sutton, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7114° N, 148.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sutton, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7114&lon=-148.8942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4091V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4091V-2012-11-19) (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 O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 125 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC87LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870812044449A

## Narrative

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

WEATHER TURNING TO IFR. ELECTED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY. RIGHT WING STRUCK A ROAD SIGN ON ROLLOUT.

## 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 ANC87LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA121), Aug 13, 1987: Cessna 170 (N4091V), Mi.70 Glenn Hwy, AK, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.