# Accident 19880903036799A: Cessna STC170, El Paso, TX, September 3, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9101A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9101A-2013-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC170
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880903036799A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED BUZZING AREA, STEEP PULLUP AND FLYING 30 FT AGL. STRUCK WING ON GROUND AND CARTWHEELED.

## 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 FTW88FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA160), Sep 3, 1988: Cessna 170A (N9101A), El Paso, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.

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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