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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170A · Metaline Falls, WA · August 6, 2021

Date
August 6, 2021 · 11:00 local
Place
Metaline Falls, WA
Airport
Sullivan Lake
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5459C
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR21LA307
Reported as
Cessna 170A
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total177 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed grass runway with uphill slope into the wind. Aircraft was not able to maintain sufficient rate of climb to clear trees resulting in striking tree tops and entering forest in nose down attitude. Aircraft came to rest inverted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GRASS RUNWAY WITH UPHILL SLOPE INTO THE WIND. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT RATE OF CLIMB TO CLEAR TREES RESULTING IN STRIKING TREE TOPS AND ENTERING FOREST IN NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.