# Accident 20170727010109A: Cessna 170A, San Andreas, CA, July 27, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2017, 12:54 local time
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1467° N, 120.6486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1467&lon=-120.6486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5596C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5596C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA445) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727010109A

## Narrative

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

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 31 AT KCPU (CALAVERAS) THAT THE AIRCRAFT "BALLOONED " AFTER THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THEN ABRUPTLY NOSED OVER AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.

PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO HIS AGE HE FELT HIS REACTION TIME WAS TOO SLOW CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT. HE NO LONGER WISHES TO EXERCISE THE PRIVILEGES OF HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE AND WILL VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER IT TO THIS OFFICE.

THIS REPORT MAY BE REVISED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE.

## 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 GAA17CA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA445), Jul 27, 2017: Cessna 170 (N5596C), San Andreas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare during an aborted go-around in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N5596C (2)

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

- [Incident 20130402005199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130402005199I), Apr 2, 2013: Cessna 170A (N5596C), Jackson, CA, Minor damage. On April 2, 2013, around 1230 PDT, N5596C, a Cessna C170A tail-wheeled aircraft, ground looped during landing on runway 190 at Westover field/Amador county…
- [Accident 19881102049849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881102049849A), Nov 2, 1988: Cessna 170A (N5596C), Springfield, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing as the aircraft weathervaned into the strong right crosswind.

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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