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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Neche, ND · August 20, 2003

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Date: August 20, 2003 · 20:30 local
Place: Neche, ND
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: CFGRD
Reported as: Cessna 170
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 290 total115 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) privacy data omitted pilot enroute from irma, alberta to altuna, manitoba became lost at dusk. Pilot thought he saw an unlighted hard-surface runway and landed. "Runway" was plowed ground in the center of a wheat stubble field. When aircraft touched down it immediately flipped over on its back causing substantial damage to right wing spar, right gear box, vertical stabilizer and rudder.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT ENROUTE FROM IRMA, ALBERTA TO ALTUNA, MANITOBA BECAME LOST AT DUSK. PILOT THOUGHT HE SAW AN UNLIGHTED HARD-SURFACE RUNWAY AND LANDED. "RUNWAY" WAS PLOWED GROUND IN THE CENTER OF A WHEAT STUBBLE FIELD. WHEN AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IT IMMEDIATELY FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING SPAR, RIGHT GEAR BOX, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER.