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FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Clark Fork, ID · April 17, 2006

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Date
April 17, 2006 · 14:00 local
Place
Clark Fork, ID
Airport
Riverlake
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2288D
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA06LA077
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C145*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
95 total95 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days
N2288DRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2006 · Cessna 170BS/N 20440 · Built 1952Airframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On 04-17-2006, at approximately 1500 hours, while attempting a go-around from a downwind landing at river lake airport (ID75) approximately three miles east of clarks Fork, ID, this aircraft, a CE-170-B, N2288D crashed approximately 430 feet south and east of the departure end of runway 13. The pilot landed with a right quartering gusty tail wind and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft was seen by witnesses to be 'swerving' with the wings 'dipping' from side-to-side while on the runway. Before the end of the runway the aircraft was seen to straighten out, and was seen to 'ramp' into the air as it crossed the road at the end of the runway and fly for 5 to 7 seven seconds longer with the wheels just above the brush, pitch up and crash into a ditch that parallels the railroad track which runs east and west just south of the runway. The wreckage was approximately 430 feet south-east of the departure end of runway 13. The aircraft came to rest nose down in a ditch that was approximately 12 feet deep with the wings resting at ground level. The pilot sustained serious injuries and was transported to bonner county general hospital in sandpoint, ID. There was no pre or post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 04-17-2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS, WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND FROM A DOWNWIND LANDING AT RIVER LAKE AIRPORT (ID75) APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES EAST OF CLARKS FORK, ID, THIS AIRCRAFT, A CE-170-B, N2288D CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 430 FEET SOUTH AND EAST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 13. THE PILOT LANDED WITH A RIGHT QUARTERING GUSTY TAIL WIND AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN BY WITNESSES TO BE 'SWERVING' WITH THE WINGS 'DIPPING' FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE WHILE ON THE RUNWAY. BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, AND WAS SEEN TO 'RAMP' INTO THE AIR AS IT CROSSED THE ROAD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND FLY FOR 5 TO 7 SEVEN SECONDS LONGER WITH THE WHEELS JUST ABOVE THE BRUSH, PITCH UP AND CRASH INTO A DITCH THAT PARALLELS THE RAILROAD TRACK WHICH RUNS EAST AND WEST JUST SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY. THE WRECKAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 430 FEET SOUTH-EAST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 13. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN IN A DITCH THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET DEEP WITH THE WINGS RESTING AT GROUND LEVEL. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO BONNER COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SANDPOINT, ID. THERE WAS NO PRE OR POST CRASH FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA06LA077Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportClark Fork, IDThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around. A quartering tailwind was a factor.Apr 17, 2006 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2288D · 1

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

Accident 19761208036909ATakeoff Ground Roll · W.Sulphur Spgs, MTL wheel dropped into snow-covered badger hole,nosed over.Dec 8, 1976 · Substantial damage