# Accident 20070624009829A: Cessna 170A, Bozeman, MT, June 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Bozeman, MT
- Airport: Gallatin Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6825° N, 110.8028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6825&lon=-110.8028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1316D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1316D-2007-08-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070624009829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY JUNE 24, 2007, A CESSNA CE-170-A, N1316D, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STALLED AND FELL INTO A COULEE APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SE OF BOZEMAN/BELGRADE AIRPORT, BZN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED LIVINGSTON, MT, LVM, ENROUTE TO PLUMMER, ID. THE PILOT OVERFLEW HIS SISTER'S RANCH THEN TURNED TOWARDS A SADDLE AND RISING TERRAIN. THE PILOT STATES HE DID NOT NOTICE POWERLINES UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, HE PULLED UP HARD STALLING THE AIRPLANE AND IMPACTING AT AN ALMOST VERTICAL ANGLE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VFR, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DENSITY ALTITUDES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS BELOW GROSS WEIGHT. THE PILOT STATES THERE WAS NO ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPT DENSITY ALTITUDE, AND HIS OPERATIONAL ERROR IN THE FORM OF FAULTY PILOT DECISION MAKING.

## 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 SEA07CA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA179), Jun 24, 2007: Cessna 170A (N1316D), Bozeman, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent into terrain while manuevering to avoid the transmission lines.…

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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