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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Washington, DC · March 17, 1979

Date
March 17, 1979 · 13:30 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Hyde
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2735D
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD79FIA09
Reported as
Cessna 170
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
180 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot aborted takeoff veered off runway in attempt to stop aircraft. Struck ditch, nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF VEERED OFF RUNWAY IN ATTEMPT TO STOP AIRCRAFT. STRUCK DITCH, NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.