# Accident 20180111000749A: Cessna 170B, Skaneateles, NY, January 11, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2018, 11:00 local time
- Place: Skaneateles, NY
- Airport: Murphy Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8428° N, 76.4453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8428&lon=-76.4453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1997C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1997C) (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: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,215 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180111000749A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 11, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 EDT, N1997C, A CESSNA 170B, SN: 26142, SUCCESSFULLY LANDED, AT A PRIVATE STRIP, ON RUNWAY 15 AT 06NY (MURPHY FIELD). 06NY IS A GRASS RUNWAY. WHILE BACK TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY TO THE HANGAR, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN OFF THE RUNWAY, INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD, AND BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY, WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE.  WIND GUSTS THEN BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OVER ONTO ITS BACK.  PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. PIC EXITED AIRCRAFT AFTER IT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE, JUST PRIOR TO THE WIND FLIPPING IT OVER. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATED THE RIGHT WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SKIDDING FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY-FIVE FEET. SKID MARKS VEERED TO THE LEFT WHERE THEY EXITED INTO THE FIELD. TIRE MARKS INDICATED A HARD LEFT HAND TURN IN THE FIELD AND BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS A PLOW FURROW ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY ONE-FOOT HIGH. IMPACT MARKS ON THE RUNWAY WERE EVIDENT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED ONTO ITS NOSE. IMPACT MARKS ON THE RUNWAY WERE EVIDENT WHERE THE TAIL STRUCK WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. AT THE TIME OF MY INVESTIGATION, THE RUNWAY WAS WET AND SOFT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT IT HAD RAINED HEAVILY, AND I WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY RUNWAY CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

PILOT AND WITNESS INTERVIEWS WERE CONSITENT. PILOT AND WITNESS BOTH STATED THE WIND WAS GUSTING  STRONGLY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. PILOT AND WITNESS BOTH STATED RUNWAY WAS WET AND SOFT, BUT NOT MUDDY, AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

COUNSELED PILOT REGARDING HIS AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING. WHILE THERE WERE NO APPARENT VIOLATIONS TO 14 CFR, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS  AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE NOT OPTIMAL.

## 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 GAA18CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA100), Jan 11, 2018: Cessna 170 (N1997C), Auburn, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper wind correction inputs while taxiing with a quartering tailwind.

## Other reports on N1997C (1)

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

- [Accident 19770227004349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770227004349A), Feb 27, 1977: Cessna 170B (N1997C), Gettysburg, SD, Substantial damage

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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