# Incident 19910420016979I: Cessna 170, Redding, CA, April 20, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1991, 10:48 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Benton Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5737° N, 122.4073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BENTON FLD (O85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5737&lon=-122.4073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3911V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3911V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910420016979I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CONTINUE VFR. DECLARED EMERGENCY. DESCENDED THROUGH CLOUDS. ATC NOT NOTIFIED OF LANDING. HAD CAP SEARCH.

## Other reports on N3911V (1)

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

- [Accident 19740504015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740504015929A), May 4, 1974: Cessna 170 (N3911V), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. R gr box torn out.

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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