# Incident 20090208001049I: Cessna 170B, Susanville, CA, February 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2009, 12:05 local time
- Place: Susanville, CA
- Airport: Susanville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3757° N, 120.5727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSANVILLE MUNI (SVE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3757&lon=-120.5727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2865C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2865C-2018-01-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 57 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090208001049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE MAKING HIS APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT FROM THE NORTH, THE PILOT STATED HE RECALLED THE SUSANVILLE AIRPORT AWOS WAS REPORTING THE WINDS TO BE CALM.  HE SAID HE ALSO NOTICED AT THE SAME TIME THAT SMOKE IN THE AREA WAS RISING VERTICALLY, INDICATING CALM CONDITIONS.  WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11, THE AIRPLANE WAS UNEXPECTEDLY BLOWN LEFT OF BEING ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT STATED HE ELECTED TO EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH AND ADDED FULL POWER.  WITH THE FLAPS SET TO 40 DEGREES, HE SAID THAT HE RECOGNIZED THE AIRPLANES RATE OF CLIMB WAS ZERO.  HE SAID HE THEN LOWERED THE NOSE TO INCREASE AIRSPEED AND LOWERED THE FLAPS 10 DEGREES TO INCREASE HIS RATE OF CLIMB.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS OVER THE DIRT AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY ASPHALT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY STRUCK HARD ON THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL.  HE SAID THE AIRPLANE SLID ONTO THE RUNWAY ASPHALT AND SKIDDED SIDEWAYS TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N2865C (1)

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

- [Accident 20130518007809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130518007809A), May 18, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2865C), Auburn, CA, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. On may 18, 2013, around 1838 pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 170B, N2865C, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain in a heavily wooded area…

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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