# Accident 20030820021199A: Cessna 170, Neche, ND, August 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2003, 20:30 local time
- Place: Neche, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9830° N, 97.5517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Neche, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9830&lon=-97.5517&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFGRD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 115 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030820021199A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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

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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