# Accident 20050715017209A: Cessna 170B, Prescott, AZ, July 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2005, 09:52 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2958D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2958D-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 86 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050715017209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2005, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N2958D, INITIATED A SOLO FLIGHT FOR STUDENT PRACTICE AND TRAINING WHILE PROCEEDING TO A PRACTICE AREA EAST OF ERNEST A. LOVE FIELD, PRESCOTT, AZ. DURING THAT TIME THE PIC PRACTICED GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS AND PROCEEDED TO THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT (P52) FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. AFTER DEPARTING FROM THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT THE PIC PROCEEDED TO PRC FOR SOME TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. THE PIC STATED THAT HE ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 21L AND COMMENCED HIS APPROACH. WHEN THE PIC ROUNDED OUT JUST BEFORE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND WENT BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PIC ELECTED TO COMMENCE A GO-AROUND AND REENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO LAND. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO ENTER RIGHT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 21R. DURING HIS SECOND APPROACH THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS HIGH ON THE VASI LIGHTS DURING HIS FINAL APPROACH SO HE ADDED A THIRD NOTCH OF FLAPS TO REINTERCEPT THE VASI LIGHTS. THE PIC STATED THAT DURING ROUND OUT ABOVE RUNWAY 21R, HE MISJUDGED HIS ALTITUDE AND HIT THE RUNWAY HARD ENOUGH TO BOUNCE BACK INTO AIR. AT THIS TIME THE PIC STATED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS LOW AND THE STALL WARNING WAS ON. THE PIC STATED THAT THE LEFT WING "STALLED" AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND PITCHED DOWN ABRUPTLY. THE PIC STATED THAT AT THIS MOMENT HE ELECTED TO PITCH UP SLIGHTLY AND ADD POWER TO RECOVER AND IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. ON 07-18-2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00, DURING A PHONE CONVERSATION, THE PIC STATED THAT NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS EXISTED WITH THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE FLIGHT OR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PIC GAVE REASONABLE INFERENCE THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY HIS INADEQUATE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. ALSO, THE PIC STATED DURING A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH ASI, MLC, ON 07-18-2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00, THAT "THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE BUT HIMSELF TO BLAME. I WISH I COULD BLAME THE AIRCRAFT." NO ADDITIONAL CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## 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

## Other reports on N2958D (1)

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

- [Accident 19740518014459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740518014459A), May 18, 1974: Cessna 170B (N2958D), Slaton, TX, Substantial damage. Plt stated r brk faild,reason not determnd. Piles of debris adjacnt to rnwy

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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