- Date
- January 27, 1985, 11:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lopez, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3845VCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850127022289A
- Case key
- 40030
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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
Shortly after departure N3845V joined up with another acft and was flying aprx 200-300 ft AGL in formation. The plt of N3845V then pulled up into what witnesses described as a wing over maneuver after which the acft descended to ground impact. One witness, who knew the plt, stated that the plt often liked to 'show off' for people.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3845V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18732
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herbert W. Hammond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1984 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- S31 · Lopez, WA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 591 total · 118 in this make and model · 569 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NUW, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.