# Accident 20030629017479A: Cessna 170B, Culpeper, VA, June 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Culpeper, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5267° N, 77.8586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5267&lon=-77.8586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2741C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2741C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 208 total, 32 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030629017479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1500 LOCAL 29 JUNE, 2003, AIRCRAFT N2741C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT CULPEPER AIRPORT (CJR), CULPEPER VIRGINIA. THE PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A THREE POINT LANDING AND REBOUNDED INTO THE AIR. THE RIGHT WING LIFTED FROM A WIND GUST AND POWER APPLICATION RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER CORRECTED, TOUCHING DOWN HARD AND COLLAPSING THE RIGHT GEAR STRUT. THE RIGHT WING AND ELEVATOR THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE RIGHT WING WAS DISJOINTED FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE WING ROOT AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT BUCKLED UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 NYC03LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA141), Jun 29, 2003: Cessna 170B (N2741C), Brandy Station, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and his improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N2741C (1)

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

- [Accident 19820622024109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820622024109A), Jun 22, 1982: Cessna 170B (N2741C), Fowlerville, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing causing it to flip inverted.

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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