# Accident 20040716015029A: Cessna 170B, Willow, AK, July 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2004, 21:21 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9342° N, 150.0756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9342&lon=-150.0756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4588C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4588C-2012-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 70 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040716015029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MOTORCYCLE RIDING WITNESS OBSERVED SUBJECT AIRCRAFT FLYING VERY LOW AND CROSSING PARKS HIGHWAY, MILE 84, WEST TO EAST. AFTER CROSSING PARKS HIGHWAY, AIRCRAFT TURNED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT, AND CRASHED.

## 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 ANC04FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA080), Jul 17, 2004: Cessna 170B (N4588C), Willow, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall while maneuvering, and a collision with trees and terrain during an uncontrolled descent.

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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