# Incident 20090806025329I: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, August 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2009, 15:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1954C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1954C) (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 MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 51 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090806025329I

## Narrative

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

08/06/09- THE AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 25 AT MRI. THE CONDITIONS WERE DAY VMC, DRY, WIND 290/04. ON THE AIRMAN'S SECOND LANDING HE LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND NOSED OVER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND SPINNER ONLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N1954C (1)

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

- [Accident 19810920062159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810920062159A), Sep 20, 1981: Cessna 170B (N1954C), Athol, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during takeoff and run over nearby spectator.

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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