# Incident 19890317018559I: Cessna 170B, Spokane, WA, March 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1989, 14:55 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8079A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8079A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890317018559I

## Narrative

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

HAD RADIO FAILURE AND SQUAWKING 7600. SPOKANE UNABLE TO CONTACT. FLEW TO FELTS FIELD AND LANDED. TRAFFIC CONFLICT.

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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