# Accident 19910807032559A: Cessna 170A, Heath, TX, August 7, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1991, 17:49 local time
- Place: Heath, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9197° N, 96.4501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9197&lon=-96.4501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9582A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9582A-2014-11-24) (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 170A
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910807032559A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED FLYING LOW. PULLED UP TO AVOID POWERLINE AND STALLED. ALCOHOL AND DRUG IN PILOTS SYSTEM WERE FACTORS.

## 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 FTW91FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA142), Aug 7, 1991: Cessna 170A (N9582A), Heath, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE INADVERTENT STALL FOLLOWING AN ABRUPT PULL UP WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE, AND THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT DUE TO TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG CONSUMPTION.

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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