# Accident 20130518007809A: Cessna 170B, Auburn, CA, May 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2013, 18:38 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9558° N, 121.0706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9558&lon=-121.0706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2865C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2865C-2018-01-03) (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: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 432 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130518007809A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 18, 2013, AROUND 1838 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (PDT), A CESSNA 170B, N2865C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE EAST OF AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AUN), IN AUBURN, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED UNDER DAY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, PART 91. WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED, THE PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CRAZY CREEK GLIDER PORT, IN CALIFORNIA, AT ABOUT 1800 PDT; INTENDED DESTINATION WAS AUN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL?S AIR OPERATIONS UNIT ON THE MORNING OF MAY 19, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 0145 PDT. THE MAJORITY OF THE WRECKAGE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN 30 FEET OF THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD STRUCK THE GROUND AT A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE.

A GARMIN GPSMAP 296 UNIT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECKAGE AND REVEALED TRACK INFORMATION, INCLUDING GEOGRAPHIC POSITION, ALTITUDE, HEADING, AND GROUND SPEED.

NO PRE-IMPACT ANOMALIES WERE NOTED DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE ON MAY 21, 2013.

## 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 WPR13FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA236), May 19, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2865C), Auburn, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during approach to landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent spin.

## Other reports on N2865C (1)

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

- [Incident 20090208001049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090208001049I), Feb 8, 2009: Cessna 170B (N2865C), Susanville, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While making his approach to the airport from the north, the pilot stated he recalled the Susanville airport AWOS was reporting the winds to be calm. He…

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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