# Accident 20100317029799A: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, March 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2010, 15:26 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Seaplane Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1747° N, 149.9697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1747&lon=-149.9697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3492C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3492C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,300 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100317029799A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI FOR THE WEST WATER LANE AT LAKE HOOD (LHD), RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG BROKE COMPLETELY THROUGH AT THE UPPER BEND ON LEG NEAR FUSELAGE. WHEN GEAR LEG BROKE, THERE WAS SECONDARY DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING OUTBOARD TIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC10LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA026), Mar 17, 2010: Cessna 170B (N3492C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The structural failure of the right main landing gear leg, resulting in the collapse of the landing gear.

## Other reports on N3492C (1)

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

- [Accident 20040907024839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040907024839A), Sep 7, 2004: Cessna 170B (N3492C), Nome, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] after taking off from the gravel bar the aircraft failed to clear an embankment at the end of the gravel bar. The aircraft's…

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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