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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Williams, MN · July 23, 1997

Date: July 23, 1997 · 21:20 local
Place: Williams, MN
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N170RP
Reported as: Cessna 170B
Reported engine: Continental C145*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,311 total31 in this make and model390 in the last 90 days

N170RPRegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 25865 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: the aircraft hit wires while making an approach to a farm field at dusk. The windscreen and prop were damaged. The pilot then landed in the field. Subsequent investigation revealed the aircraft was out of annual when the flight occurred. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. The incident occurred 7/23/97 but was not reported until 8/22/97. Airworthiness and FAR violations were involved in that the aircraft was flown without a current annual inspection. Airman competency was involved in the pilot's decision to land in a field at dusk without sufficient knowledge of the site.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT HIT WIRES WHILE MAKING AN APPROACH TO A FARM FIELD AT DUSK. THE WINDSCREEN AND PROP WERE DAMAGED. THE PILOT THEN LANDED IN THE FIELD. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF ANNUAL WHEN THE FLIGHT OCCURRED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED 7/23/97 BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 8/22/97. AIRWORTHINESS AND FAR VIOLATIONS WERE INVOLVED IN THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN WITHOUT A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION. AIRMAN COMPETENCY WAS INVOLVED IN THE PILOT'S DECISION TO LAND IN A FIELD AT DUSK WITHOUT SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITE.