# Accident 20140604009169A: Cessna 170B, Totatlinika, AK, June 4, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2014, 18:00 local time
- Place: Totatlinika, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8147° N, 147.8605° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8147&lon=-147.8605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3442D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3442D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 338 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140604009169A

## Narrative

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

FIRST TIME OPERATING FROM THIS AIRPORT LOCATED ON A RIDGE TOP, IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA AT 2717'MLS.

AIRPORT SLOPES DOWNWARD FROM WEST TO EAST AND EXPERIENCES SEVERE TURBULENCE WITH ANY WIND CONDITION AS DESCRIBED IN ALASKA SUPPLEMENT.

PILOT RECEIVED COMPLETE WEATHER BRIEFING, FILED A FLIGHT PLAN, AND CHECKED OUT AIRPORT INFORMATION PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM FAIRBANKS.

PILOT FLEW OVER FIELD BEFORE LANDING TO CHECK CONDITIONS.

AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED LIGHT, APPROXIMATELY 450 POUNDS BELOW MAX GROSS WEIGHT.

TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS BETWEEN 20-22 CELCIUS.  ALTIMETER SETTING 30.00

RESULTING DENSITY ALTITUDE BETWEEN 3800'-4030'

TAKE-OFF DISTANCE COMPUTED FOR SEA LEVEL, AT 15 DEGREES CELCIUS, ZERO WIND USING STOL KIT DATA RESULTED IN 600' TAKE-OFF ROLL.

AFTER INITIAL LANDING PILOT SURVEYED ENTIRE LENGTH OF RUNWAY BEFORE MAKING ONE SUCCESSFUL TAKE-OFF AND RETURNED FOR LANDING.  WINDS DESCRIBED AS CALM.

DURING SECOND TAKE-OFF ATTEMPT AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE WIND SHEARED TO TAILWIND AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE.  PILOT COULD NOT GET AIRCRAFT TO CLIMB AND FELT IT "PUSHED" ONTO THE GROUND.

AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 07 IN PATCH OF LOW TREES.

PILOT NOTED THE WINDS HAD PICKED UP AND WERE GUSTY WHEN HE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC14CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA037), Jun 4, 2014: Cessna 170B (N3442D), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with a tailwind during takeoff from a short, narrow airstrip, which resulted in a loss of lift and collision with brush and small trees.

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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