# Accident 20020108000059A: Cessna 170B, Bellwood, MS, January 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2002, 17:26 local time
- Place: Bellwood, MS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1453° N, 90.5153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1453&lon=-90.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48031, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48031-2017-06-21) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 581 total, 310 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020108000059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT UNDERSHOT RUNWAY. (.4) ON JANUARY 8, 2002, AT ABOUT 1726 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 170B, N48031, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT A PRIVATE SOD AIRSTRIP NEAR BELLEWOOD, MISSISSIPPI. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT'S EXACT DEPARTURE TIME FROM THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN BELZONI, MISSISSIPPI, WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE PILOT ESTABLISHED AN APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12 AT THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY DEPARTED. DURING THE ATTEMPTED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN LEFT AND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE GROUND, THE AIRPLANE MOVED ALONG THE GROUND, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST 30 FEET LEFT OF THE TURF RUNWAY. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRPLANE DURING THE FLIGHT. THE POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE ALSO FAILED TO REVEA                                             L A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRPLANE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE CONFIRMED A GROUND COLLISION SEVERAL FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE WRECKAGE EXAMINATION ALSO REVEALED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.

## 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 ATL02LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA036), Jan 8, 2002: Cessna 170B (N48031), Bellewood, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged the proper touched down point and collided with the ground short of the runway during an attempted landing.

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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