# Accident 20070610010259A: Cessna 170A, Trenton, GA, June 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Trenton, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9397° N, 85.5886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9397&lon=-85.5886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1206D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1206D-2007-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,293 total, 1,293 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070610010259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING AT A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP KNOWN AS PRATERS LANDING, LEFT GEAR WENT UP A SMALL KNOLL AND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT. PILOT APPLIED LEFT BRAKE IN ATTEMPT TO PULL AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE LEFT BUT AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED RUNWAY AND BEGUN A DOWNHILL COURSE TO THE RIGHT. ONCE ON DOWNHILL SLOPE, PILOT APPLIED BOTH BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP AIRCRAFT BUT THIS HAD NO EFFECT; SKID MARKS IN GRASS AND DIRT INDICATE BOTH BRAKES WERE OPERATIONAL. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWNHILL UNTIL IT IMPACTED TREES APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED ENCOUNTERING A GUST OF WIND FROM HIS LEFT JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## 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 NYC07CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA135), Jun 10, 2007: Cessna C-170A (N1206D), Trenton, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll which resulted in an impact with trees. Factors in the accident were the uneven narrow runway, and a wind gust.

## Other reports on N1206D (1)

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

- [Incident 20061029022319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061029022319I), Oct 29, 2006: Cessna 170A (N1206D), Jasper, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that upon landing the aircraft started veering off centerline. Aircraft traveled approximately 300 feet and then nosed over at very slow…

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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