# Incident 19960811031679I: Cessna 170B, Renton, WA, August 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1881C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1881C) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960811031679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A GUSTY CROSSWIND LANDING THE PILOT DRUG THE LEFT WINGTIP, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ESTIMATED THE WIND TO BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS.

## Other reports on N1881C (1)

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

- [Incident 19940323008189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940323008189I), Mar 23, 1994: Cessna 170B (N1881C), Renton, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: private pilot returning from arlington airport on a pleasure flight was landing on runway 15 at Renton municipal. A crosswind from the left was…

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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