# Accident 20040730016269A: Cessna 170B, Trading Bay, AK, July 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2004, 18:50 local time
- Place: Trading Bay, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7739° N, 151.9022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7739&lon=-151.9022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2269D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2269D-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C145*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040730016269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESS REPORTED "HOOD COMING UP OR OFF", AIRCRAFT MADE ONE PASS AND WAS COMING BACK APPARENTLY LANDING. CRASHED SHORT OF OLD VECO STRIP. THIS IS PRELIMINARY INFO ONLY, WILL BE UPDATED WHEN NEW INFO IS AVAILABLE. (-23 AMENDMENT) PILOT CHRISTOPHER COPPLE, WHILE FLYING A BARROWED CESSNA 170B, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND AT THE DEVITTO STRIP LOCATED ON THE MOUTH OF THE KUSTATAN RIVER ON JULY 30, 2004. FOUR PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KENAI FOR A FISHING TRIP ON THE KUSTATAN. DURING THE GO-AROUND, A WITNESS SAID THAT A COWL DOOR MAY HAVE COME OPEN ON THE ENGINE.

## 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 ANC04FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA084), Jul 31, 2004: Cessna 170B (N2269D), Kenai, AK, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (Vs) while maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and loss of control.

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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