# Accident 20030831021029A: Cessna 170, Kennebunkport, ME, August 31, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2003, 08:50 local time
- Place: Kennebunkport, ME
- Airport: Back Acres Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6935° N, 69.3810° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6935&lon=-69.3810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11576, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11576-2012-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT C145*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030831021029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 08:50 AM ON AUGUST 31, 2003, THE PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF A 1949 CESSNA MODEL 170, N11576, WAS CONDUCTING A SHORT FIELD APPROACH TO A PRIVATE LANDING SITE LOCATED AT 286 GOOSE ROCKS ROAD, KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE, THE PRIVATE LANDING SITE IS CALLED "BACK ACRES" AND HAS A STATE OF MAINE DESIGNATOR OF ME46. THE LANDING SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET IN LENGTH, AND THE SINGLE TURF RUNWAY IS ORIENTED AS 02 AND 20, THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO 02, THERE ARE POWER LINES AND TREES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THIS RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED APPROXIMATELY HALF WAYS DOWN THE RUNWAY, REALIZING THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND RATHER THEN CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO A WOODED AREA, THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A SHARP LEFT TURN WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 IAD03CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03CA072), Aug 31, 2003: Cessna C-170 (N11576), Kennebunkport, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in the abrupt maneuver and subsequent failure of the landing gear.

## Other reports on N11576 (1)

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

- [Accident 19821027056779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821027056779A), Oct 27, 1982: Cessna 170A (N11576), Youngsville, NC, Substantial damage. Skidded on wet grass while landing at a Private strip. Student locked brakes. Airplane nosed over on a bare spot.

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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