# Incident 20151004021859I: Cessna 170B, Nome, AK, October 4, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2015, 14:30 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5057° N, 165.4153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nome, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5057&lon=-165.4153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3192B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3192B) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 126 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151004021859I

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF FROM GRAVEL BAR NEAR DEERING ALASKA AROUND 1230 LOCAL. ENCOUNTERED STRONG WINDS ENROUTE AND DIVERTED TO TELLER ALASKA TO GET UPDATE OF FSS WEATHER AT DESTINATION OF NOME ALASKA. DEPARTED TELLER AT 1330 LOCAL AND FOLLOWED COASTLINE TO NOME. APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM NOME ENGINE COUGHED. TURNED BACK TO COASTLINE AND DECLARED MAYDAY. ENGINE QUIT BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE FUEL DEPLETION AND LANDED IN TUNDRA DAMAGING PROP. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3192B (1)

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

- [Accident 19790204002259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790204002259A), Feb 4, 1979: Cessna 170B (N3192B), New Philadelphi, OH, No damage. Pilot lost directional control on landing, hit a snowdrift.

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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