# Accident 20130207001459A: Cessna 170B, Sunburst, MT, February 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2013, 14:30 local time
- Place: Sunburst, MT
- Airport: Sunburst
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8867° N, 111.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sunburst Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8867&lon=-111.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2619D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2619D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 404 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130207001459A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 7, 2013, THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO DEPART SUNBURST, MONTANA AT 1430 LOCAL IN CE-170 N2619D. PIC STATED WINDS WERE BRISK (WINDS AT CWRY AT 0300Z WERE 270 AT 14 KNOTS; PEAK WIND 280 AT 21 AT 0220Z).  AIRCRAFT USED RUNWAY 23 AND BECAME AIRBORNE VERY QUICKLY.  AT ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND THE RIGHT WING CAME UP ABRUPTLY.  PIC COUNTERED WITH FULL RIGHT AILERON.  LEFT WING THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND, AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO REST ON NOSE AND MAIN WHEELS.  PIC DEPARTED AIRFRAME WITH NO INJURY.  WHEN CLEAR OF AIRCRAFT AND MINUTES ELAPSED, AIRCRAFT FELL OVER ONTO ITS BACK, CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N2619D (5)

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

- [Accident 20061118024189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061118024189A), Nov 18, 2006: Cessna 170B (N2619D), Billings, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) Directional control lost during touch-and-go landing; aircraft ground-looped. Directional control lost during takeoff following stop and go landing.…
- [Accident 20050628011529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050628011529A), Jun 28, 2005: Cessna 170B (N2619D), Laurel, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing rollout, aircraft veered off runway to the right, instructor added power to recover but aircraft continued to ground loop to the right.…
- [Incident 20040528011339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040528011339I), May 28, 2004: Cessna 170B (N2619D), Laurel, MT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot and sole occupant stated that pilot had been doing touch-and-go's on runway 04. The pilot stated that the wind was approximately 050-060 degrees at…
- [Accident 19780628019609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780628019609A), Jun 28, 1978: Cessna 170B (N2619D), Rock Springs, WY, Substantial damage. Peak gusts 25KTS.
- [Accident 19750923034139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750923034139A), Sep 23, 1975: Cessna 170B (N2619D), WA, 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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