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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Buckeye, AZ · September 5, 1985

Date
September 5, 1985 · 10:30 local
Place
Buckeye, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1659D
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA387
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C1452
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total60 in this make and model70 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.

Differential braking plus sand and silt on riverbed caused poor takeoff acceleration. Hit shrubbery and tree stump.

As the FAA filed it

DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING PLUS SAND AND SILT ON RIVERBED CAUSED POOR TAKEOFF ACCELERATION. HIT SHRUBBERY AND TREE STUMP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.