# Accident 20210309005649A: Cessna 170A, Wilby, MO, March 9, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2021, 17:39 local time
- Place: Wilby, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8544° N, 90.4375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8544&lon=-90.4375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9515A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9515A-2023-11-27) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,493 total, 125 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210309005649A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE HIS INTENDED LANDING AIRPORT AT POPLAR BLUFF, MO. AND BECAME LOW ON FUEL AFTER SEARCHING FOR THE AIRPORT. HE FELT HE HAD INSUFFICIENT FUEL RESERVE REMAINING TO FLY TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO A FIELD.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIELD AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES SUNK INTO THE MUD CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO FLIP ONTO ITS TOP.

## 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 CEN21LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA156), Mar 9, 2021: Cessna 170 (N9515A), Poplar Bluff, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to make a precautionary landing in a field that contained soft terrain, which resulted in the airplane nosing over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to fly…

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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