# Accident 19790428007199A: Cessna 170B, Manokotak, AK, April 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1979, 12:10 local time
- Place: Manokotak, AK
- Airport: Manokotak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.9321° N, 158.9019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANOKOTAK (MBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.9321&lon=-158.9019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2558D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2558D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 750 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790428007199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW HIM OVER.

## 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 ANC79DAG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG44), Apr 28, 1979: Cessna 170B (N2558D), Manokotak, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2558D (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070824017879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070824017879I), Aug 24, 2007: Cessna 170B (N2558D), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot-in-command initiated takeoff from Lake Hood Strip, runway 13. During the takeoff roll the pilot stated that the airplane "didn't feel right"…
- [Accident 20020814024569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020814024569A), Aug 14, 2002: Cessna 170B (N2558D), Soldotna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported that he was landing N2558D, a wheel equipped Cessna 170 airplane for the first time. Pilot said that he flared the airplane late, the…

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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