# Accident 20100407031439A: Cessna 170B, Columbia, CA, April 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0303° N, 120.4144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0303&lon=-120.4144&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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,446 total, 92 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407031439A

## Narrative

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

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 VARIOUS FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CESSNA 170. THELOCAL AWOS HAD REPORTED THE WINDS AT 160 AT 6 KNTS. SKIES CLEAR. THE PILOT THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT AND MADE A STANDARD PATTERN ANDAPPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AND EXECUTED A THREE POINT LANDING WITH NO ADVERSE RESULTS. THE PILOT THEN TAXIED BACK TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 17 TO DEMONSTRATE THE 170'S CLIMB PERFORMANCE. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE PATTERN FOR ANOTHER LANDING ON 17. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED AND AIRSPEED WAS ESTABLISHED AT 70 MPH AND 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS. UPON REACHING THE TOUCHDOWN AREA I TRANSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A THREE POINT LANDING CONFIGURATION WHILE MAINTAINING RUNWAY HEADING. ON THE ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE STARTED A SLIGHT TURN TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT APPLIED A BIT OF RIGHT RUDDER FOR CORRECTION AND AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT THEN IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER AND LEFT RUDDER WITH NO RESULT FROM EITHER INPUT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN TO THERIGHT AND THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE LEFT WINGTIP THEN CONTACTED THE SOFT SOIL OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT UP ON TO ITS NOSE. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS LITTLE MOMENTUM BUT ENOUGH FOR THE PLANE TO SPILL OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 WPR10LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA194), Apr 7, 2010: Cessna 170B (N2629D), Columbia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.

## Other reports on N2629D (1)

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

- [Incident 20090827015689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090827015689I), Aug 27, 2009: Cessna 170B (N2629D), Gabbs, NV, Minor damage. (-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…

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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