# Incident 20170121000489I: Cessna 170B, Santa Monica, CA, January 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2017, 09:54 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3577C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3577C) (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: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,858 total, 819 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170121000489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ON THE DOWNWIND THE WIND HAD PICKED UP TO ABOUT 14 KNOTS WITH AN ALMOST DIRECT RIGHT CROSS WIND FOR RWY 21. THERE WAS SOME WINDSHEAR ON SHORT FINAL, BUT NOTHING I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST. I BALLOONED ON FLAIR OUT AND THE RIGHT WING STARTED TO LIFT. THEN THE TAIL CAME AROUND AND THE WING TIP SCRAPED THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS COUNSELED, AND THE AIRCRAFT IS AWAITING INSPECTION AND REPAIR. THIS REPORT MAY BE AMMENDED IF NEEDED.

## Other reports on N3577C (1)

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

- [Incident 19960830026149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960830026149I), Aug 30, 1996: Cessna 170B (N3577C), Fall River Mill, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot stated the approach was normal. On landing one wing rose and the pilot swerved. Then ground looped the aircraft. The pilot reported the…

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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