# Accident 20080227012629A: Cessna 170B, Tyonek, AK, February 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Tyonek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.0297° N, 151.3986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0297&lon=-151.3986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8458D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8458D-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080227012629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AT STEEP ANGLE, CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN AT BASE OF LARGE COTTONWOOD TREE AFTER SLIDING DOWN THE TREE. PILOT RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFING FROM KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AT 1235 LOCAL AND DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD (MRI) IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AT 1330 LOCAL, NORTHWEST BOUND FOR IGUIGIG (IGG). NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ELT SIGNAL WAS PICKED UP BY REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER FOR 3 HOURS. RESCUE ON SCENE BY ALASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD AT 1954 LOCAL, ONE SOB, WEAK PULSE DETECTED. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL IN ANCHORAGE, AK, DOA.

## 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 ANC08FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA037), Feb 27, 2008: Cessna 170B (N8458D), Tyonek, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to prevent a stall while maneuvering, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N8458D (1)

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

- [Incident 20020204001389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020204001389I), Feb 4, 2002: Cessna 170B (N8458D), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 4, 2002, at about 3:15 adt, a wheel-equipped Cessna 170, N8458D, registered to and piloted by daniel r. Salmon, was involved in an aircraft…

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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