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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · White Mountain, AK · February 5, 1980

Date
February 5, 1980 · 15:00 local
Place
White Mountain, AK
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2754C
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,859 total2,128 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's seat slid rearward during takeoff roll. He could not reach rudder controls. Hit snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT'S SEAT SLID REARWARD DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. HE COULD NOT REACH RUDDER CONTROLS. HIT SNOWBANK.