19890101000079A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170A · Speculator, NY · January 1, 1989

Date
January 1, 1989 · 18:00 local
Place
Speculator, NY
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1432D
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC89LA060
Reported as
Cessna 170A
Reported engine
Continental O300A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
244 total41 in this make and model32 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.

Lost control descending through clouds. Broke out,recovered but failed to notice continued descent into trees.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL DESCENDING THROUGH CLOUDS.BROKE OUT,RECOVERED BUT FAILED TO NOTICE CONTINUED DESCENT INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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