# Accident 20140704009969A: Cessna 170B, Tomball, TX, July 4, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0619° N, 95.5528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0619&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N170CC-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-340 series (registry code 41510, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,635 total, 2 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140704009969A

## Narrative

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

I ARRIVED ON SCENE AND OBSERVED A CESSNA CE-170B, N170CC ON ITS TOP IN A DITCH FILLED WITH WATER ABOUT 35 FEET FROM THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 17 RIGHT, 1500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END.

THERE MULTIPLE FIRE AND PLOICE VEHICLES ON THE SCENE.  TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER INFORMED ME THAT PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO TOMBALL HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVERTED WITH THE NOSE POINTING BACK TO THE RUNWAY AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THERE WERE TRACKS IN THE GRASS AND MUD INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVEMENT AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  THERE WERE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING TO A WEST DIRECTION ABOUT 150 FEET PRIOR TO LEAVING THE RUNWAY.

THE WATER IN THE DRAINAGE DITCH, WHICH PARALLELS THE RUNWAY WAS ABOUT ONE FOOT DEEP AND 30 FEET WIDE.

THERE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING INCLUDING THE FORWARD SPAR, THE VERTICAL STABALIZER, AND THE RUDDER. ONE OF THE COMM ANTENNAS WAS ALSO BROKEN.

INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT, I OBSERVED THE REAR SEAT WAS LOOSE FROM IT'S ATTACH POINTS AND THE FORWARD ATTACHING BOLT APPEARED TO BE MISSING.

THE CARB HEAT KNOB WAS PARTIALLY PULLED OUT AND BENT IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION.

THE CONTROL TOWER REPORTED THE WINDS TO BE FOUR (4) KNOTS AND VARIABLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN14CA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA343), Jul 4, 2014: Cessna 170B (N170CC), Tomball, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during landing rollout, which resulted in a runway excursion and the tailwheel airplane nosing over.

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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