# Accident 20020520013539A: Cessna 170B, Show Low, AZ, May 20, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2002, 09:15 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2655° N, 110.0057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOW LOW RGNL (SOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2655&lon=-110.0057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4338B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4338B-2007-09-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 65 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520013539A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING WHEN, ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND ON FINAL APPROACH, THE WIND SHIFTED FROM A HEADWIND TO A DIRECT CROSSWIND     THE AIRPLANE DROPPED AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT TRIED TO RECOVER WITH FULL     POWER, BUT THE STALLED WING FELL AND HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE          CARTWHEELED AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND THE         FUSELAGE.                                                             (-23) AIRMAN ARRIVED THE AREA AND REPORTED OVERFLYING THE AIRPORT TO CHECK WINDS BEFORE LANDING. PILOT STATED THE WIND SOCK INDICATED 21 TO BE THE FAVORED RUNWAY. HE ALSO OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT DEPARTING 21. PILOT STATED ON SHORT FINAL AT 10 FEET AGL, THE WIND SHIFTED FROM A HEAD WIND TO LEFT CROSSWIND. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT AND RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAVED AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CARTWHEEL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4338B (1)

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

- [Accident 20010615014349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010615014349A), Jun 15, 2001: Cessna 170B (N4338B), Payson, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19)On June 15, 2001, about 0800 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 170B, N4338B, operated by the pilot, veered off runway 24 and collided with an…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.