# Incident 20091203025719I: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, December 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4427B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4427B) (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: 312 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091203025719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED HER TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 13 AT LAKE HOOD STRIP. THE WIND WAS GUSTY FROM 220 DEGREES. AT THE START OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL A GUST CAUGHT HER AND SHE SLID INTO A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING A 1/2 INCH MINOR DENT IN HER SKI. THE PIC TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTACTED THE TOWER AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT. SHE ALSO CONTACTED FLIGHT SERVICE AND CANCELLED HER FLIGHT PLAN. THE PIC WAITED FOR THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE BEFORE DEPARTING. THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WAS PATCHY SNOW ON TOP OF ICE AND SLIPPERY.

## Other reports on N4427B (2)

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

- [Accident 20190617007239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190617007239A), Jun 17, 2019: Cessna 170B (N4427B), Hewitt Lake, AK, Substantial damage. On Monday the 17 June 2019 at 6:00 am ^christine^ was planing to depart the airstrip on Hewitt Lake to fly to willow. The airstrip veers to the left about the…
- [Accident 20180621008349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180621008349A), Jun 21, 2018: Cessna 170B (N4427B), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot touched down on the lake and attempted to retract flaps while taxiing at high-speed (on step). Aircraft veered to the left and contacted the bank at an…

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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