# Accident 20120519010299A: Cessna 170B, Winterville, NC, May 19, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Winterville, NC
- Airport: Wintrville, Nc
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4828° N, 77.3533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4828&lon=-77.3533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170ED, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N170ED-2014-11-19) (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: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 838 total, 500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA344) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120519010299A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA12CA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA344), May 19, 2012: Cessna 170B (N170ED), Winterville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive bank at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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