19790325005249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Birchwood, AK · March 25, 1979

Date
March 25, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place
Birchwood, AK
Airport
Birchwood
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4264V
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DAG38
Reported as
Cessna 170
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,465 total16 in this make and model42 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 allowed aircraft to veer off runway on landing roll. Struck snowbank, flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY ON LANDING ROLL. STRUCK SNOWBANK, FLIPPED 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.