# Accident 20080106011009A: Cessna 170A, Ellsworth, ME, January 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2008, 13:15 local time
- Place: Ellsworth, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6353° N, 68.6325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6353&lon=-68.6325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5407C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5407C-2018-01-24) (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 C145*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080106011009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN FAILED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO LANDING AREA CONDITIONS AND WEATHER AT DESTINATION. AIRMAN DID NOT CONTACT AIRFIELD OWNER OR OTHER COMPETENT SOURCE TO DETERMINE FIELD CONDITIONS. FAILED TO PROPERLY ASSESS RUNWAY SURFACE CONDITIONS UPON ARRIVAL. ATTEMPTED LANDING ON UPSLOPE GRADE (APPROXIMATE 10% GRADE). EXECUTED TOUCHDOWN AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. RUNWAY SURFACE IS ASPHALT PAVEMENT WHICH HAD SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW/SLUSH. THIS SNOW/SLUSH APPEARS TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO PILOT INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY SURFACE TO THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED TWO CAR GARAGE WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA08CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA037), Jan 6, 2008: Cessna 170A (N5407C), Ellsworth, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area.

## Other reports on N5407C (1)

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

- [Incident 20070501016199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070501016199I), May 1, 2007: Cessna 170A (N5407C), Blue Hill, ME, Minor damage. (-23) This office notified by new england area operations center that: "N5407C, C170A, made an emergency landing due to engine failure at Blue Hill airport,…

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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