# Accident 20180512005279A: Cessna 170B, Zelienople, PA, May 12, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2018, 11:15 local time
- Place: Zelienople, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8019° N, 80.1608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8019&lon=-80.1608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2485D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2485D) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 49 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180512005279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:

"ON SATURDAY MAY 12, 2018 I DEPARTED KPJC AT ABOUT 9:30 AM FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. I FLEW TO KBTP AND DID ONE LANDING, THEN FLEW TO KUCP AND DID TWO LANDINGS RETURNING TO KPJC FOR A LANDING ON 35. I LANDED AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND I WAS UNABLE TO KEEP IT FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY.

AFTER TAXIING OVER TO THE GAS PUMP AREA SO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COULD SEE THE PLANE, I TAXIED IT BACK TO THE HANGER "[SIC]."

## 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 GAA18CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA278), May 12, 2018: Cessna 170 (N2485D), Zelienople, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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