# Incident 19960921033499I: Cessna 170B, Bishop, CA, September 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Coyote Flats Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2048° N, 118.4772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Coyote Flats, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2048&lon=-118.4772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3155A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3155A-2015-05-15) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 650 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960921033499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM CMA TO BIH, THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A STOP AND GO AT COYOTE FLATS (04CA), PILOT MADE A NW LANDING, STOPPED AND TAXIED BACK FOR A "SHORT FIELD" TAKE OFF. PILOT SET FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES, APPLIED FULL POWER AND RELEASED BRAKE. AT START OF TAKE OFF ROLL AIRCRAFT FISH TAILED, THEN VEERED RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LEFT WHEEL DUG INTO LOOSE DIRT AND LEFT WING CAME DOWN. PILOT WAS PULLING OFF POWER AND ESTIMATES GROUND SPEED OF 30-35 KTS WHEN WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. TAKE OFF WAS MADE DOWN HILL WITH A WIND THAT WAS VARIABLE FROM 0 TO 10 KTS(EST) FROM THE LEFT BACK QUARTER. PASSENGER STATEMENTS SUBSTANTIATE THE PILOTS REPORT. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS AS FOLLOWS: LEFT WING TIP OUTBOARD OF LANDING LIGHT BENT UP APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES, SPAR NOT CRACKED; LEFT ELEVATOR BENT SLIGHTLY AND LEFT WHEEL SLIGHTLY BENT. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS REQUIRED. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3155A (1)

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

- [Accident 19971024030969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024030969A), Oct 24, 1997: Cessna 170B (N3155A), Fernley, NV, Substantial damage. Lost sight of unlighted runway on flare. Began go around. Dragged a wing. Hit runway nose first.

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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