# Accident 19990527044379A: Cessna 170B, Ogden, UT, May 27, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1999, 13:35 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1492° N, 111.9795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1492&lon=-111.9795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2716C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2716C-2017-04-07) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990527044379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING LOW LEVEL GROUND REFERENCE MANUEVERS AND FLEW A/C INTO WATER. PILOT LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND DID NOT REPORT TO NTSB UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ON 5/28/99.

## 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 DEN99LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA087), May 27, 1999: Cessna 170B (N2716C), Ogden, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of altitude during an intentional (practice) low altitude flight maneuver (landing approach).

## Other reports on N2716C (1)

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

- [Accident 19740116001049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740116001049A), Jan 16, 1974: Cessna 170B (N2716C), Cedar Butte, SD, Substantial damage. Lndg gr axle p/n 0541124 broke strut dug into gnd,acft went ovr on its back. Axle prev cracked.

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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