# Accident 20130630012229A: Cessna 170B, Fallbrook, CA, June 30, 2013 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 30, 2013, 13:50 local time - Place: Fallbrook, CA - Airport: Fallbrook - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.3542° N, 117.2508° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3542&lon=-117.2508&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2600D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2600D) (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 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA301) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130630012229A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT STATEMENT: ON SUNDAY JUNE 30, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS (PST), MY FRIEND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I DEPARTED CORONA AIRPORT (AJO) AND FLEW TO FALLBROOK AIRPARK (L18). WHILE EN ROUTE, WE DID NOT HAVE FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. I CHECKED THE WEATHER VIA THE PILOT CONTROLLED AWOS AS I APPROACHED FALLBROOK AND IT REPORTED GOOD VFR CONDITIONS. I BELIEVE THE WIND WAS 12 FROM 220 AT THE TIME OF MY APPROACH TO LAND. I HAVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE AND WAS DEMONSTRATING THIS FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FOR PRACTICE. AS I WAS CLIMBING OUT, I NOTED NOTHING UNUSUAL IN THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE. I LOOKED AT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR A COUPLE TIMES DURING OUR ASCENT AND NOTED IT READ 40 MPH. A FEW SECONDS AFTER LOOKING AT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR FOR THE LAST TIME, I FELT THE AIRFOIL SHUTTER. RECOGNIZING THIS AS A STALL, I IMMEDIATELY PUSHED DOWN ELEVATOR TO RECOVER. AS THE RUNWAY CAME INTO VIEW, I WOULD ESTIMATE OUR ALTITUDE AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO RECOVER FROM A DIVE AT THAT ALTITUDE, I BEGAN TO NEUTRALIZE THE ELEVATOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL LOSING ALTITUDE AND WE SETTLED ONTO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY JUST SOUTH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE LEFT MAIN AND LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND. AS A RESULT, I LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT MAIN BENT INWARD, THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, AND THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED ONTO ITS NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE TRANSIENT PARKING AREA WHICH WAS VACANT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECORDING THE TAKEOFF (HE RECORDS NEARLY ALL HIS FLIGHTS) AND HAS VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT. I BELIEVE I CAUSED THIS COLLISION BY CHOOSING TO USE VX DURING THE TAKEOFF WITH VARIABLE WINDS PRESENT AT THE TIME. I THEN COMPOUNDED THE ISSUE BY NOT USING ENOUGH DOWN ELEVATOR DOING THE STALL RECOVERY. I HAVE DISCUSSED THE ACCIDENT WITH MY AEROBATICS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HAVE PLANNED ADDITIONAL STALL TRAINING WITH HIM. PASSENGER STATEMENT: ON 6-30-13 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I DEPARTED CORONA AIRPORT AT ABOUT 1OAM IN HIS CESSNA 170 LISTED ABOVE. WE WERE GOING TO GO TO FRENCH VALLEY BUT DECIDED ENROUTE TO GO TO FALLBROOK. WEATHER WAS GOOD VFR. WE HAD AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT TO AND LANDING AT FALLBROOK. WE WERE AT FALLBROOK UNTIL ABOUT 2PM, HAVING LUNCH, VISITING WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND GETTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DISPLAY PAPERWORK SIGNED OFF FOR THE DISPLAY THEY WERE HAVING THAT DAY. AT APPROX. 2PM WE PREPARED TO RETURN TO CORONA. KURT TAXIED OUT AND COMPLETED THE USUAL RUN-UP PROCEDURE I HAD A VIDEO CAMERA WITH ME AND FILMED THE DEPARTURE AND RESULTING CRASH. HE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE WAS GOING TO PRACTICE A SHORT FIELD TAKE-OFF. WE BEGAN THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, LIFTED OFF AND BEGAN TO CLIMB. WE WERE STILL OVER THE RUNWAY WHEN THE PLANE BEGAN TO STALL AND LOOSE ALTITUDE. THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND BEGAN A FAST DECENT. I KNEW WE WERE IN TROUBLE AT THIS POINT SO I BRACED FOR THE IMPACT. MY RIGHT SIDE DOOR OPENED ON IMPACT AND MUCH OF OUR BELONGINGS WERE EJECTED. AFTER IMPACTING THE TARMAC WE SLID FOR ABOUT 90' BEFORE COMING TO REST. I THEN NOTICED FUEL RUNNING DOWN THE WINDSHIELD AND TOLD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WE NEED TO "GET OUT NOW". ## 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 WPR13CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA301), Jun 30, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2600D), Fallbrook, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the takeoff, and his loss of aircraft control during the subsequent stall recovery. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.