# Accident 20150528006769A: Cessna 170B, Grand Mound, WA, May 28, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2015, 11:45 local time
- Place: Grand Mound, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8003° N, 123.0109° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Mound, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8003&lon=-123.0109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1296D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1296D-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,715 total, 1,414 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150528006769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT/MECHANIC MADE FORCED LANDING IN FIELD AFTER ENGINE STOPPED. DURING LANDING APPROACH  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, MAKING A HARD LANDING. PILOT IN HIS STATEMENT TO THIS OFFICE, STATED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WRONG. DURING INVESTIGATION THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS REMOVED, AND REVEALED THAT MULTIPLE HOLES WERE DRILLED IN THE SELECTOR VALVE SHAFT THAT COULD ALLOW THE HANDLE TO BE INSTALLED TO INDICATE BOTH TANKS SELECTED WHEN THE VALVE WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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