# Incident 20091220025779I: Cessna 170B, Fairbanks, AK, December 20, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3486C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3486C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091220025779I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 65 NM NORTH OF FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, THE PILOT OF N3486C NOTICED SOME SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT THEN TURNED BACK TOWARD FAIRBANKS. A VIBRATION STARTED TO OCCUR THEN OIL SHOWED UP ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGHER. THE PILOT FOUND A BLM ROAD TO LAND ON WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. FSS WAS CALLED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA LANDED AND EXTRACTED THE PILOT.THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.THE RIGHT SKII WENT INTO A SNOW BERM AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP NEAR SOME TREES.THE ROAD WAS HARD-PACK SNOW ABOUT 8-10 FEET WIDE.

## Other reports on N3486C (3)

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

- [Accident 19970316006439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970316006439A), Mar 16, 1997: Cessna 170B (N3486C), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll on remote strip. Hit trees and brush. Damaged wing spar. Fuselage wrinkled
- [Accident 19801011057619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801011057619A), Oct 11, 1980: Cessna 170B (N3486C), Ft Yukon, AK, Substantial damage. Dragged gravel bar landing strip to check snow cover. Delayed go around. Had to land in willows to avoid trees.
- [Incident 19800107013669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800107013669I), Jan 7, 1980: Cessna 170B (N3486C), Ft Yukon, AK. Engine rough. Broken exhaust rocker arm, bent push rod. Engine 1950 hours.

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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