20040529016539A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Auburn, CA · May 29, 2004

Date
May 29, 2004 · 21:30 local
Place
Auburn, CA
Airport
Auburn Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2915D
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental O300*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total130 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the landing rollout, the pilot allowed the airplane to drift to the right side of the runway causing the right gear to strike the runway light and the left wing tip to strike the ground. The airplane came to a stop with damage to the gear and the wing. The pilot was the only occupant and was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE RIGHT GEAR TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY LIGHT AND THE LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP WITH DAMAGE TO THE GEAR AND THE WING. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED.