# Accident 20150121000429A: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, January 21, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2015, 11:35 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1844° N, 149.9636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1844&lon=-149.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2580D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2580D) (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: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total, 219 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150121000429A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OBTAINED WEATHER BRIEFING AND FILED FLIGHT PLAN WITH KENAI FSS AT 0910 HRS. REQUESTED AND OBTAINED CLEARANCE FOR TAKEOFF FROM LHD RUNWAY 32 AT 1135 HRS.  ACCELERATING FOR TAKEOFF THE AIRPLANE PULLED LEFT. PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE WHILE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED VEERING LEFT, STRIKING RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT, DAMAGING RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT HORIZONTAL, AND RIGHT ELEVATOR.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS WHEELS ON THE MEDIAN BETWEEN RUNWAY 32 AND THE ADJACENT TAXIWAY.  PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED 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 ANC15LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15LA008), Jan 21, 2015: Cessna 170B (N2580D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N2580D (1)

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

- [Accident 20120618011419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120618011419A), Jun 18, 2012: Cessna 170B (N2580D), Pullman, WA, Substantial damage. N2580D, a 1952 Cessna 170 airplane recieved substantial damage as the result of a ground-loop accident at the Pullman/Moscow regional airport. Damage was…

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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