# Incident 19980914034049I: Cessna 170B, Salt Lake City, UT, September 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1998
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2947D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2947D) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980914034049I

## Narrative

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

(-23)9/14/98 AT 2030, A CESSNA 170B TOOK OFF FROM THE SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SLC). THE PILOT, MR. CHARLES D. SMITH, NOTICED A LOUD BAND AND VIBRATION APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THE SALT LAKE AIRPORT #2 (U42). MR. SMITH EXPEDITED HIS LANDING AT SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT #2. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE REVEALED DAMAGE DUE TO A BIRD STRIKE. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $2500.00. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2947D (1)

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

- [Accident 20060326004879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326004879A), Mar 26, 2006: Cessna 170B (N2947D), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Solo student pilot attempted to land his wheel-equipped Cessna 170 on lake george, approximately 23 miles southeast of Palmer, Alaska. The lake 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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