# Accident 20071118828429A: Cessna 170B, Nikolai, AK, November 18, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2007, 10:45 local time
- Place: Nikolai, AK
- Airport: Nikolai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.0186° N, 154.3586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.0186&lon=-154.3586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N170BP-2020-06-02) (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: 1,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071118828429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N170BP DEPARTED MCGRATH ENROUTE TO NIKOLAI ON A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. ENROUTE THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH ACCUMULATED ON THE WINDSHIELD, LIFT STRUTS AND THE AIRFRAME. UPON ARRIVAL AT NIKOLAI THE WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED WITH ICE AND BECAUSE OF THE VISIBILITY LIMITATIONS THE FIRST APPROACH WAS ABANDONED. WHEN THE PILOT APPLIED POWER FOR THE GO-AROUND THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT LANDED IN TREES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AFTER THE CRASH THE PILOT AND HIS SON OBSERVED ICE ON THE AIRFILTER/INTAKE. NO INJURIES TO THE SINGLE OCCUPANT, PILOT.

## 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 ANC08CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA020), Nov 18, 2007: Cessna 170B (N170BP), Nikolai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather (icing conditions), which resulted in a loss of engine power during a go-around. Factors contributing to the accident were icing conditions, and…

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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