# Accident 20070530012509A: Cessna 170B, Pahokee, FL, May 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach Co Glades
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7850° N, 80.6933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7850&lon=-80.6933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1767D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1767D-2009-07-24) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,430 total, 145 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070530012509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007, AT ABOUT 1550 LCL CESSNA 170, N1767D PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED PBI AND LANDED AT PHK UNDER HEAVY CROSSWIND (AS HE REPORTED TO ME OVER THE PHONE). THE PILOT ENDED UP HITTING THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING AND BROKE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE PROPELLER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS HOLDER OF FAA COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON 11/08/06, ALSO HOLDS BASIC CFI AND A&P CERTIFICATES WITH THE SAME PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED NUMBER, AND HE IS ALSO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HE WAS RELEASED BY THE AMBULANCE AT THE SITE. HE HAS NO INJURIES, AND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED TO ME OVER THE PHONE HE WAS MAKING A FUEL STOP AT PHK, AND THAT HIS FINAL DESTINATION WAS TO GO HOME AT WINCHESTER, VA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS NO PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS/VIOLATIONS.

## 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 MIA07CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA104), May 30, 2007: Cessna 170B (N1767D), Pahokee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.

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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