# Incident 20080619835259I: Cessna 170B, Galena, ID, June 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Galena, ID
- Airport: Smiley Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9121° N, 114.7961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMILEY CREEK (U87), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9121&lon=-114.7961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3005A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3005A) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080619835259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING TO PARKING AFTER LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT AXLE BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE LEFT GEAR LEG TO DIG INTO THE GROUND.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE FORWARD, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND, AND THEN COME BACK HARD ON THE TAIL, CAUSING THE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY TO BREAK.  NO OTHER DAMAGE.

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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