# Accident 19871222070969A: Cessna 170A, Sandwich, MA, December 22, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1987, 12:29 local time
- Place: Sandwich, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7571° N, 70.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandwich, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7571&lon=-70.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5571C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5571C-1988-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,320 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871222070969A

## Narrative

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

ON PHOTO FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP, STALLED AND CRASHED. ANTICOAGULANT DRUG FOUND IN PILOTS SYSTEM.

## 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 NYC88LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA059), Dec 22, 1987: Cessna 170A (N5571C), Sandwich, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N5571C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870109000469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870109000469A), Jan 9, 1987: Cessna 170A (N5571C), Marston Mills, MA, Substantial damage. The engine lost partial power. Plane struck trees short of a runway. Left tank empty, right had 5 gal. Sector both

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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