# Accident 20130217002639A: Cessna 170B, Rainy Pass, AK, February 17, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2013, 15:05 local time
- Place: Rainy Pass, AK
- Airport: Rainy Pass Lodge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.0925° N, 152.7394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0925&lon=-152.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2814C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2814C) (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: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130217002639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED PUNTILLA LAKE, ALASKA IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY A 290 HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN, STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE LAKE IN A NOSE AND LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE.  THE IMPACT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, LEFT WING AND COCKPIT AREAS OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER INDICATES  EVIDENCE OF ENGINE POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO THE PELVIS, LEGS, FEET, NOSE, ORBITAL FRACTURE TO THE FACE, AND LACERATION TO THE FACE. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FRACTURED SKULL AND BRAIN TRAUMA AND A FRACTURE OF THE KNEE.  AS OF THIS DATE THE PASSENGER HAS NOT REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.

## 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 ANC13FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13FA024), Feb 18, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2814C), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a departure turn, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N2814C (1)

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

- [Accident 20000305041999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000305041999A), Mar 5, 2000: Cessna 170B (N2814C), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman observed another aircraft take off in the area on the yenta river on gravel bar covered with snow. He thought he would be able to take off in the…

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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