# Accident 19870817045919A: Cessna 172RG, Kettle Falls, WA, August 17, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1987, 11:20 local time
- Place: Kettle Falls, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7402° N, 118.0906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7402&lon=-118.0906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9747B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9747B-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 114 total, 34 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870817045919A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA87FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA166), Aug 17, 1987: Cessna 172RG (N9747B), Kettle Falls, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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