# Accident 20160617023969A: Cessna 170A, Palmer, AK, June 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3486° N, 148.5289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3486&lon=-148.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1311D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1311D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 275 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160617023969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAKING OFF FROM UNIMPROVED STRIP (NAME: MUD STRIP) NEAR UPPER LAKE GEORGE/KNIK GLACIER, WITH A QUARTERING LEFT HEADWIND. UPON ROTATION, PILOT EXPERIENCED A DIRECT LEFT CROSSWIND GUST, FLIPPING AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT CAUSING RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO FLY AND PILOT THOUGHT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, BUT THEN AS FLIGHT CONTINUED, PILOT REALIZED AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT AND CONTINUED TO TURN RIGHT (DUE TO DAMAGE OF RIGHT AILERON).  AT THAT TIME, PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT FLIGHT AND ATTEMPT LANDING. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN MUD AND WATER AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN, DAMAGING PROPELLER, WINDSHIELD, AND RUDDER/VERTICAL TAIL OF AIRCRAFT.  RESULTING DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING, AILERON, PROP AND WINDSHIELD IS SUBSTANTIAL. DAMAGE TO RUDDER, VERTICAL TAIL AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IS MINOR.

## 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 GAA16CA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA324), Jun 17, 2016: Cessna 170 (N1311D), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a wings-level attitude during takeoff in gusty wind conditions, which resulted in the right wing striking the ground, a loss of lateral bank control, and a nose over…

## Other reports on N1311D (2)

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

- [Accident 19871012059239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871012059239A), Oct 12, 1987: Cessna 170A (N1311D), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft failed to climb after takeoff and hit a berm during abort. Frost on the wings was inadequately cleared
- [Incident 19810927080459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810927080459I), Sep 27, 1981: Cessna 170A (N1311D), Egegik, AK, Minor damage. During takeoff roll aircraft hit soft mud and the aircraft nosed over. Minor damage. Windshield cracked.

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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