# Accident 20130913019089A: Cessna 170B, New Stuyahok, AK, September 13, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2013, 12:35 local time
- Place: New Stuyahok, AK
- Airport: New Stuyahok
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.4408° N, 156.5342° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4408&lon=-156.5342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2736C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2736C-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350SER (registry code 27023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A-350SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 725 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130913019089A

## Narrative

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

09-11-13, THE PIC AND 1 PASSENGER (PAX) DEPARTED LAKE HOOD STRIP (Z41) IN ANCHORAGE (ANC), AK, BOUND FOR ILIAMNA (ILI).  ACFT WAS FUELED IN ANC AND TOPPED OFF WITH APPX 3 ½ HOURS OF FUEL.  A PRE-FLIGHT INSP WAS NOT CONDUCTED PRIOR TO DEP.  THE PIC RECEIVED A WX BRIEF AND FILED A FLIGHT PLAN WITH KENAI (ENA) FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. WX WAS VFR CONDITIONS FOR DEP, ENRT AND DESTINATION.  AT ILI, PIC FUELED ACFT AGAIN, TOPPED OFF APPX 10 GAL OF FUEL.

AT DEP ILI, NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED OR WX BRIEF RECEIVED.  A PRE-FLIGHT INSP WAS NOT CONDUCTED PRIOR TO DEP.  WX WAS STILL VFR ONDITIONS.WIND DIRECTION WAS APPX 250°, WIND SPEED WAS NEGLIGIBLE. FLIGHT WAS DIRECT ILI TO THE HEAD OF KNW RIVER, A REMOTE STRIP.  THE PIC LANDED AT KNW REMOTE STRIP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  PIC AND PAX REMAINED OVERNIGHT AT CAMP SITE.

ON 09-12-13, PIC AND PAX TOOK-OFF ACFT AND FLEW AREA OF KNW RIVER ASSESSING THE RIVER BRAIDS AND REGION.  A PRE-FLIGHT INSP WAS NOT CONDUCTED PRIOR TO DEP.  WIND WAS ON NOSE OF ACFT, APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH. PRIOR TO LANDING AGAIN AT KNW REMOTE STRIP, THERE WAS A DECREASED WIND SPEED.  UPON LANDING, ACFT HIT A HUMMOCK (MOUND) THAT WAS APPX 6? HIGH ABOUT A 30° UPSLOPE, A LITTLE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY STRIP.  THE TIRE BLEW, ROLLED PARTLY OFF RIM.  THE WHEEL DUG A TROUGH APPROXIMATELY 3-4? DEEP.  THE PROP HIT THE TROUGH AND THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND AFTER ROTATING OVER THE GEAR.  PIC SHUT DOWN THE MASTER CUT OFF SWITCH AND CHECKED ON PAX.  BOTH DEPLANED IMMEDIATELY AND ASSESSED DAMAGE TO ACFT.

## 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 ANC13CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA101), Sep 14, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2736C), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a mound while landing on a remote airstrip.

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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