# Incident 20010820030239I: Cessna 170A, Schellville/Son, CA, August 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Schellville/Son, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2239° N, 122.4497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SONOMA VALLEY (0Q3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2239&lon=-122.4497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1722D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1722D-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 482 total, 288 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010820030239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2001 AT 1430 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED DURING ROLL OUT. PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 AND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUT WAS APPLIED, AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT. PROPELLER HAD NICKS AT TIPS, L/H LOWER ELEVATOR SKIN AND TIP DAMAGED, L/H WING TIP DAMAGED AND L/H AILERON WAS BENT. L/H WHEEL AND HUB DAMAGED. (.19) ON AUGUST 20, 2001, AT 1500 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 170A, N1722D, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT GROUND LOOPED DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO IMPACT TERRAIN AT THE SONOMA VALLEY AIRPORT, SCHELLVILLE, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH WAS OPERATED BY THE OWNER UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, AT 1330 FOR THE FLIGHT TO SCHELLVILLE, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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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