# Incident 20090827015689I: Cessna 170B, Gabbs, NV, August 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Gabbs, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8628° N, 117.9321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gabbs, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8628&lon=-117.9321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2629D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2629D) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 938 total, 66 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090827015689I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE PILOT OF N2629D, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS ON A DRY LAKE BED WHICH HE HAD DONE ON NUMEROUS OTHER OCCASIONS.  LANDING PRACTICE WAS HIS PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR BEING ON THIS FLAT.  LATE THAT AFTERNOON HE HAD TOUCHED DOWN ON THE DRY LAKE MANY TIMES, PERHAPS 10 OR 15, WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES.  HE DID ONE FULL STOP LANDING AND WALKED AROUND ON THE PLAYA SURFACE AND NOTICED NOTHING UNUSUAL.  HE DID ANOTHER FULL STOP LANDING ON AN AREA OF THE DRY LAKE WHICH VISUALLY APPEARED CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER AREAS BUT WAS ACTUALLY SOFTER.  ON DEPARTURE IT WAS NECESSARY TO RAISE THE TAIL WHEEL TO BEGIN FORWARD PROGRESS FOR TAKEOFF.  EARLY IN THE TAKEOFF ROLL, WITH THE GROUND SPEED PERHAPS 5 MPH AND THE TAIL WHEEL UP, THE MAIN GEAR STRUCK AN AREA OF INCREASED RESISTANCE (SOFT SPOT) AND THE PLANE ROTATED FORWARD ONTO THE SPINNER AND PROPELLER.  THE PLANE REMAINED RESTING ON THE NOSE AND BOTH MAIN GEAR.  WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A SEARCH AND RESCUE INDIVIDUAL, THE NOSE WAS LIFTED AND THE PLANE PUT BACK TO ITS NORMAL 3 POINT ATTITUDE WITH THE TAIL WHEEL ON THE GROUND.  PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED AND ENGINE TEAR DOWN IS PROBABLE.  NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.

## Other reports on N2629D (1)

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

- [Accident 20100407031439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407031439A), Apr 7, 2010: Cessna 170B (N2629D), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Parapharsed pilot statementon April 7th, 2010 a Cessna 170 N-2629D departed Columbia, CA and flew the aircraft to a local practice area and demonstrated…

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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