# Accident 19920913036439A: Cessna 170A, Lopez, WA, September 13, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1992, 19:10 local time
- Place: Lopez, WA
- Airport: Lopez Island Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4907° N, 122.8703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4907&lon=-122.8703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9577A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9577A-1992-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA92FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920913036439A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL AND STALL IN AIRPORT PATTERN. SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. AIRCRAFT LOADING ALSO A FACTOR.

## 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 SEA92FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA197), Sep 13, 1992: Cessna 170A (N9577A), Lopez, WA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. FACTORS INCLUDE GUSTY, UNFAVORABLE, HIGH VELOCITY WINDS, AND TURBULENCE.

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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