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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170A · Death Valley, CA · March 25, 2017

Date
March 25, 2017 · 18:06 local
Place
Death Valley, CA
Airport
Chicken Strip
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9953A
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA204
Reported as
Cessna 170A
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
971 total404 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed rosamond airpark (L00) and landed at the Chicken Strip Airport, California. Upon touchdown the aircraft bounced and the pilot lost directional control. On the second touchdown the right wing contacted the ground. The aircraft rolled over onto its right side resulting in substantial damage.

The aircraft had four occupants, the pilot and one passenger did not sustain injury, the other two passengers reported minor injury.

No post crash fire was reported.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ROSAMOND AIRPARK (L00) AND LANDED AT THE CHICKEN STRIP AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD FOUR OCCUPANTS, THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURY, THE OTHER TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED MINOR INJURY.

NO POST CRASH FIRE WAS REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.