# Accident 19960908031339A: Cessna 170B, Dillingham, AK, September 8, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1996, 20:30 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.8203° N, 157.8598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8203&lon=-157.8598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2989D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2989D-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960908031339A

## Narrative

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

NOSED OVER TAXIING ON GRAVEL BAR AFTER LANDING.

## 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 ANC96LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA153), Sep 9, 1996: Cessna 170B (N2989D), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for taxiing.

## Other reports on N2989D (1)

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

- [Accident 20090326046829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090326046829A), Mar 26, 2009: Cessna 170B (N2989D), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. On March 26, 2009, about 1400 Alaska standard time, a ski-equipped Cessna 170B airplane, N2989D, sustained substantial damage during takeoff from a remote…

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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