# Incident 19810412030009I: Cessna 170B, Casper, WY, April 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1981, 10:45 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2778C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2778C-2013-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 206 total, 60 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810412030009I

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING TOUCHDOWN WIND GUST PICKED UP RIGHT WING TIP AND TIP DRAGGED CAUSING CONTROL LOSS.

## Other reports on N2778C (1)

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

- [Accident 20070517007509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070517007509A), May 17, 2007: Cessna 170B (N2778C), Fairfield, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft was south of the Fairfield, Idaho airport, and crashed while approaching to land on runway 07. The pilot stated that he was descending from…

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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