# Accident 19880508013699A: Cessna 170, Sour Lake, TX, May 8, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1988, 21:20 local time
- Place: Sour Lake, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1293° N, 94.4005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1293&lon=-94.4005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3853V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3853V-1989-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT C145*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 31 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880508013699A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN INTO TREES EN ROUTE WHILE TRYING TO FLY THROUGH AREA OF LOW CEILING AND FOG AT NIGHT.

## 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 FTW88LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA098), May 9, 1988: Cessna 170 (N3853V), Sour Lake, TX, destroyed

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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