# Accident 20040305002839A: Cessna 170A, North Pole, AK, March 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Airport: Bradley Sky-Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7592° N, 147.3878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7592&lon=-147.3878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N515N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305002839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 5, 2004, AT 1130 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, MR. RICHARD HAYDEN ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF IN HIS SKI EQUIPPED CESSNA C-170A. MR. HAYDEN STATED THAT DURING HIS TAKE-OFF RUN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE. MR. HAYDEN STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE, BECAME AIRBORNE, STRUCK A SNOW BERM AND CAME TO REST OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MR. HAYDEN AND HIS ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ANC04LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA034), Mar 5, 2004: Cessna 170A (N515N), North Pole, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed response in initiating an aborted takeoff, which resulted in an overrun and collision with a snowbank.

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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