# Accident 20060417005959A: Cessna 170B, Clark Fork, ID, April 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2006, 14:00 local time
- Place: Clark Fork, ID
- Airport: Riverlake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1167° N, 116.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1167&lon=-116.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2288D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2288D-2006-10-31) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 95 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060417005959A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA06LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA077), Apr 17, 2006: Cessna 170B (N2288D), Clark Fork, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around. A quartering tailwind was a factor.

## Other reports on N2288D (1)

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

- [Accident 19761208036909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761208036909A), Dec 8, 1976: Cessna 170B (N2288D), W.Sulphur Spgs, MT, Substantial damage. L wheel dropped into snow-covered badger hole,nosed over.

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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