# Accident 20181216022219A: Cessna 170B, Riggins, ID, December 16, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Riggins, ID
- Airport: Buffalo Hump Mtn Claim
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2MDA
- Location: 45.5836° N, 115.6817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5836&lon=-115.6817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4385B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4385B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181216022219A

## Narrative

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

HIGH ALTITUDE  SHORT FIELD DOWNWIND TAKE OFF, AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB CLEAR OF TREES, STRUCK TREES IN CLEARWAY,AND DESCENDED ABRUPTLY, AND NOSED OVER IN CLEARWAY STRIKING TREES WITH LEFT THEN RIGHT WING.

## 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 GAA19CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA098), Dec 16, 2018: Cessna 170 (N4385B), Riggins, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight performance planning and his subsequent failure to attain sufficient speed for the airplane to climb with a tailwind.

## Other reports on N4385B (1)

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

- [Incident 20240805011819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240805011819I), Aug 5, 2024: Cessna 170B (N4385B), Mccall, ID, No damage. Tail wheel pin failed. Tail wheel assembly departed aircraft on takeoff. Aircraft returned to Mccall airport landed in grass no futher damage to aircraft. New…

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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