# Accident 20210711010619A: Cessna 170B, Rampart, AK, July 11, 2021 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 11, 2021, 12:00 local time - Place: Rampart, AK - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 65.4130° N, 150.0401° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.4130&lon=-150.0401&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2583C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2583C) (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: 145 total, 94 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC21LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA059) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210711010619A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 07/11/2021 AT 1319 HOURS THE ALASKA STATE TROOPERS IN FAIRBANKS WERE CONTACTED BY THE IERCC WHO PASSED ON INFORMATION ABOUT AN IN-REACH ACTIVATION APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILE 131 ELLIOTT HIGHWAY. THE IERCC REPORTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED THEM VIA IN-REACH AND REPORTED HE DAMAGED HIS PLANE DURING A LANDING AND HE WAS NOT IN NEED OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION. THE MESSAGES INDICATED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING WITH A GROUP OF 4 OTHER PLANES AND HE WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING RESULTING IN HIS AIRCRAFT BEING DISABLED. THE OTHER PLANES WERE NOT ABLE TO LAND IN THE AREA TO ASSIST IN EXTRACTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. I CONTACTED THE ON CALL SAR COORDINATOR AND WAS PUT IN CONTACT WITH RCC. THROUGH COORDINATION IT WAS DETERMINED AST HELO 2 WOULD RESPOND TO COLLECT THE PILOT. TROOPER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED IN HELO 2 TO THE COORDINATES PROVIDED AND LOCATED THE PLANE. THE PLANE WAS UPSIDE DOWN ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN IN AN AREA WHICH HAD KNEE-HIGH CLUMPS OF GRASS. THERE WAS PARALLEL TIRE MARKS LEADING UP TO THE PLANE FOR APPROXIMATELY 120-150 YARDS AND DISTURBED VEGETATION WHERE THE TIRES MADE HARD CONTACT JUST BEFORE THE PLANE FLIPPED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED NO INJURIES AND STATED HE WAS TESTING THE SURFACE TO SEE IF IT WAS SUITABLE FOR LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS NEAR STALL SPEED WHEN THE TIRES CAUGHT AND HIS PLANE FLIPPED OVER. WARNER STATED HE REMOVED THE ELT AND VERIFIED IT WAS OFF WHEN AST ARRIVED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO FAIRBANKS IN HELO 2 WITHOUT INCIDENT. ## 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 ANC21LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA059), Jul 11, 2021: Cessna 170 (N2583C), Rampart, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose over. ## Other reports on N2583C (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20130827018119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130827018119A), Aug 27, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2583C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. After the tail came up and the airspeed increased on the takeoff roll the aircraft veered to the left. The airman applied correction with right rudder.… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.