# Accident 19980604012469A: Cessna 170B, Russian Mission, AK, June 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Russian Mission, AK
- Airport: Russian Mission Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.8105° N, 161.4409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8105&lon=-161.4409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2235D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2235D) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 35 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980604012469A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. BLAMED WIND GUST. (.4)THE SOLO PRIVATE PILOT WAS LANDING AT A REMOTE, GRAVEL AIRSTRIP IN A TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT STATED IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE NTSB, THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE HAD RECEIVED A PILOT REPORT INDICATING THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT BREEZE, FAVORING A LANDING TO THE EAST.  THE PILOT LOOKED AT THE AIRSTRIP WINDSOCK, NOTED THAT IT WAS HANGING LIMP, AND PREPARED TO LAND TO THE WEST.  HE SAID THAT WHILE LANDING TO THE WEST, AND JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN, A GUST OF WIND FROM BEHIND PUSHED THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND WENT OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH THAT BORDERS THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT NOTED IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT HIS DECISION TO LAND TO THE WEST WAS BASED ON A MORE FAVORABLE APPROACH, AND IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO BACK TAXI.                                                             (-23) PRIOR TO LANDING AT THE KAKO MINE GRAVEL STRIP, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE WIND WAS 090 DEGREES AT 10 KTS. ATTEMPTING TO LAND TO THE WEST THE PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. THE A/C VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY       TO THE RIGHT COMING TO A STOP IN THE DITCH BORDERING THE RUNWAY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE A/C. THE PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ABOUT THE HAZARD OF LANDING DOWN WIND. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS ON GOING. I HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE PILOT GET SOME ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION. DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE INSTRUCTION I MIGHT RECOMMEND HE TAKE A 44709 RIDE.

## 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 ANC98LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA050), Jun 4, 1998: Cessna 170B (N2235D), Russian Mission, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions while landing. A factor associated with the accident was the presence of a tailwind condition.

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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