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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Winterville, NC · May 19, 2012

Date
May 19, 2012 · 15:00 local
Place
Winterville, NC
Airport
Wintrville, Nc
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N170ED
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12CA344
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
838 total500 in this make and model35 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.

Aircraft involved in a bean bag drop. Flew down the runway at aprox 70 feet and banked right so the passenger could drop the bean bag. Aircraft with the cross wind drifted to the right. Pliot applied full power and started to climb. The aircrraft mushed into the tress.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN A BEAN BAG DROP. FLEW DOWN THE RUNWAY AT APROX 70 FEET AND BANKED RIGHT SO THE PASSENGER COULD DROP THE BEAN BAG. AIRCRAFT WITH THE CROSS WIND DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. PLIOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND STARTED TO CLIMB. THE AIRCRRAFT MUSHED INTO THE TRESS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.