# Accident 20170803010289A: Cessna 170A, Moab, UT, August 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2017, 19:50 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7297° N, 109.7519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7297&lon=-109.7519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1214D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1214D-2019-11-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,168 total, 633 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA468](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA468) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170803010289A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND WIFE DEPARTED CNY AIRPORT AT 1945. PILOT HAD BEEN WATCHING CHANGING WEATHER AND HAD DELAYED TAKEOFF FOR 30-45 MINUTES TO AVOID TRANSITIONING STORMS. PILOT SAID HE HAD 15 KNOT HEADWIND AND HAD A GOOD CLIMB INITALLY BUT REALIZED AFTER TAKEOFF THAT HE WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF A MICROBURST AS EVIDENT BY GROUND INDICATIONS. HE SAID DUST FROM THE GROUND BENEATH HIM WAS BLOWING AWAY IN 360 DEGREES. PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN A CLIMB AND HAD NO OPTION TO TURN AWAY TO AVOID THE TERRAIN. HE STATED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO SUSTAIN A CLIMB WHICH RESULTED IN A CONTROLLED DESCENT INTO THE SAND DUNES 2 NM SOUTH OF THE CNY AIRPORT.

## 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 GAA17CA468](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA468), Aug 4, 2017: Cessna 170 (N1214D), Moab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to depart in unfavorable weather conditions, which resulted in a hard, forced landing.

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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