# Incident 20060227002269I: Cessna 170B, Circle Hot Spri, AK, February 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Circle Hot Spri, AK
- Airport: Circle Hot Springs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.4859° N, 144.6117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS (CHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.4859&lon=-144.6117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4669C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4669C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-340 series (registry code 41510, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060227002269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT STATEMENT: I WAS PREPARING TO TAXI DOWN THE TAXIWAY AT CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS STRIP, WHILE WARMING UP THE ENGINE, THE SKI'S FROZE DOWN, ONE BROKE LOOSE BEFORE THE OTHER, CAUSING THE PLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT 180 DEGREES. THE TAXIWAY AND ALSO THE RUNWAY WAS EXTREMELY ICY WITH A SKIFF OF SNOW. BEING ON SKIS, I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE DIRECTION OF THE PLANES MOMENTUM. I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TURNED; THE RIGHT SKI STUCK, AND BENT THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N4669C (2)

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

- [Accident 20020516009259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516009259A), May 16, 2002: Cessna 170B (N4669C), North Pole, AK, No damage. (-23) The nut on the right gear leg attachment bolt fractured down the side of the nut allowing the gear to come loose and cause the pilot to run off the left…
- [Accident 20010829022629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010829022629A), Aug 29, 2001: Cessna 170B (N4669C), Fairbanks, AK, No damage. (.19) On August 29, 2001, about 1430 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire-equipped Cessna 170B airplane, N4669C, sustained substantial damage during a takeoff…

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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