# Accident 20020814024569A: Cessna 170B, Soldotna, AK, August 14, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2002, 20:40 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Soldotna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4761° N, 151.0325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4761&lon=-151.0325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2558D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2558D) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020814024569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING N2558D, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 170 AIRPLANE FOR THE FIRST TIME. PILOT SAID THAT HE FLARED THE AIRPLANE LATE, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND GROUND LOOPED. THE PILOT HAS LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES OF FLYING TIME IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE. PILOT SAID THAT MOST OF HIS TIME FLYING HAS BEEN IN CESSNA 120 AND 140 AIRPLANES. PILOTS TOTAL FLYING TIME IS 151.3 HOURS.

## 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 ANC02LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA096), Aug 15, 2002: Cessna 170 (N2558D), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's excessive braking which…

## Other reports on N2558D (2)

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

- [Incident 20070824017879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070824017879I), Aug 24, 2007: Cessna 170B (N2558D), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot-in-command initiated takeoff from Lake Hood Strip, runway 13. During the takeoff roll the pilot stated that the airplane "didn't feel right"…
- [Accident 19790428007199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790428007199A), Apr 28, 1979: Cessna 170B (N2558D), Manokotak, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot said he was taxiing for takeoff when a gust of wind blew him over.

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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