# Incident 20020204001389I: Cessna 170B, King Salmon, AK, February 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2002, 15:15 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6765° N, 156.6487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING SALMON (AKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6765&lon=-156.6487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8458D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8458D-2017-07-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,122 total, 34 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020204001389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 4, 2002, AT ABOUT 3:15 ADT, A WHEEL-EQUIPPED CESSNA 170, N8458D, REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY DANIEL R. SALMON, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT AT THE KING SALMON, AK, AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE CONDUCTING A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT, THE ENGINE QUIT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY. HE LANDED ON THE TUNDRA ABOUT 100 YARDS SHORT OF RUNWAY 18. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8458D (1)

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

- [Accident 20080227012629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080227012629A), Feb 27, 2008: Cessna 170B (N8458D), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) Aircraft struck trees at steep angle, came to rest nose down at base of large cottonwood tree after sliding down the tree. Pilot received weather…

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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