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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170 · Puntilla Lake, AK · August 3, 2011

Date
August 3, 2011 · 20:00 local
Place
Puntilla Lake, AK
Airport
Whiskey Bravo
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2593V
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
402 total238 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was on takeoff roll when the right rudder linkage broke and the aircraft veered to the left and exited the runway. The aircraft bounced over the uneven ground until the wheels stuck in a rut and the aircraft went up onto its nose.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN THE RIGHT RUDDER LINKAGE BROKE AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OVER THE UNEVEN GROUND UNTIL THE WHEELS STUCK IN A RUT AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ONTO ITS NOSE.