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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Sheep Mountain, AK · May 7, 2006

Date
May 7, 2006 · 10:30 local
Place
Sheep Mountain, AK
Airport
Sheep Mountain Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2396D
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC06CA050
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
210 total55 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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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 may 7, 2006 at approximately 1030 local time, a wheel equipped CE-170-B, N2396D, attempted to land at Sheep Mountain, pasp. Shortly after touchdown the aircraft experienced excessive deceleration causing it to tumble over onto its propeller and came to rest upside down sustaining substantial damage to its aerodynamic control surfaces. The private pilot and one passenger were the sole occupants and suffered no injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight originated at merrill field, Alaska, with a proposed destination of mccarthy, Alaska. The pilot, privacy data omitted stated that while landing at Sheep Mountain runway 05 on the snow encrusted surface the aircraft broke through the surface to a depth of six inches causing the excessive deceleration.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 7, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 LOCAL TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CE-170-B, N2396D, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT SHEEP MOUNTAIN, PASP. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE DECELERATION CAUSING IT TO TUMBLE OVER ONTO ITS PROPELLER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS AERODYNAMIC CONTROL SURFACES. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE THE SOLE OCCUPANTS AND SUFFERED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MERRILL FIELD, ALASKA, WITH A PROPOSED DESTINATION OF MCCARTHY, ALASKA. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT WHILE LANDING AT SHEEP MOUNTAIN RUNWAY 05 ON THE SNOW ENCRUSTED SURFACE THE AIRCRAFT BROKE THROUGH THE SURFACE TO A DEPTH OF SIX INCHES CAUSING THE EXCESSIVE DECELERATION.

NTSB investigation

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