# Accident 20130120001039A: Cessna 170B, Erie, CO, January 20, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2013, 11:33 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0100° N, 105.0478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0100&lon=-105.0478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2323D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2323D) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 40 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130120001039A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/20/2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1133 HRS. MST, N2323D A CESSNA MODEL 170B AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF FROM ERIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KEIK), CO.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD.  WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH GUSTING WINDS.

## 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 CEN13CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA138), Jan 20, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2323D), Erie, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while taking off in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N2323D (2)

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

- [Accident 19870403079029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870403079029A), Apr 3, 1987: Cessna 170 (N2323D), Boulder, CO, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped the tail wheel aircraft on the landing roll. Left the runway and overturned in dirt.
- [Accident 19760627017599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760627017599A), Jun 27, 1976: Cessna 170B (N2323D), Upland, CA, Substantial damage

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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