- Date
- January 9, 1987, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marston Mills, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5571CCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870109000469A
- Case key
- 30578
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flight was on an aerial photography mission but due to the heavy cloud cover, the aircraft returned to departure airport. The engine quit before reaching the runway and the aircraft was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain. Examination of the fuel tanks revealed that the left tank contained 5 gallons of fuel while the right tank contained about 2 gallons
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5571C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19624
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Continental C145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Kelsey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1986 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Chatham, MA
- Airport
- Cape Cod
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,247 total · 71 in this make and model · 3,225 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5571C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.