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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Kettle Falls, WA · August 17, 1987

Date
August 17, 1987 · 11:20 local
Place
Kettle Falls, WA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9747B
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA87FA166
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
114 total34 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

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.

Struck a tree and crashed into rising terrain. Had flown up box canyon and unable to outclimb terrain.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A TREE AND CRASHED INTO RISING TERRAIN. HAD FLOWN UP BOX CANYON AND UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.