# Accident 19810920062159A: Cessna 170B, Athol, ID, September 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Athol, ID
- Airport: Henley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9471° N, 116.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Athol, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9471&lon=-116.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1954C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1954C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 49 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYP41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810920062159A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF AND RUN OVER NEARBY SPECTATOR.

## 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 SEA81FYP41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP41), Sep 20, 1981: Cessna 170B (N1954C), Athol, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1954C (1)

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

- [Incident 20090806025329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090806025329I), Aug 6, 2009: Cessna 170B (N1954C), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. 08/06/09- The airman was practicing touch and go landings on runway 25 at mri. The conditions were day VMC, dry, wind 290/04. On the airman's second landing he…

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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