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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Cedar City, UT · September 4, 1987

Date
September 4, 1987 · 15:28 local
Place
Cedar City, UT
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3541D
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN87FA230
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,230 total1,230 in this make and model20 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.

Unable to climb out of canyon. Crashed in trees. Local pilots avoid flying in canyons due to turbulent downdrafts.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF CANYON. CRASHED IN TREES. LOCAL PILOTS AVOID FLYING IN CANYONS DUE TO TURBULENT DOWNDRAFTS.

NTSB investigation

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