# Accident 19850929048029A: Cessna 170A, Marathon, NY, September 29, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1985, 10:30 local time
- Place: Marathon, NY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4448° N, 76.0362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4448&lon=-76.0362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5709C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5709C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 454 total, 169 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850929048029A

## Narrative

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

OVERSHOT RUNWAY.  DURING GO AROUND TAIL WHEEL STRUCT A CULVERT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5709C (1)

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

- [Accident 19740218004889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740218004889A), Feb 18, 1974: Cessna 170A (N5709C), Batavia, NY, Substantial damage. Swerved off runway into snowbank. Student pilot at controls instructor unsuccessfully tried to crct

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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