# Accident 20060507010409A: Cessna 170B, Sheep Mountain, AK, May 7, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sheep Mountain, AK
- Airport: Sheep Mountain Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.8119° N, 147.5069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8119&lon=-147.5069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2396D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2396D) (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 O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 55 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060507010409A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 ANC06CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA050), May 7, 2006: Cessna 170B (N2396D), Chickaloon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose over during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident was the snow on the runway.

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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