# Accident 20210806013469A: Cessna 170A, Metaline Falls, WA, August 6, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2021, 11:00 local time
- Place: Metaline Falls, WA
- Airport: Sullivan Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8457° N, 117.2790° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8457&lon=-117.2790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5459C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5459C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 177 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210806013469A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR21LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA307), Aug 6, 2021: Cessna 170A (N5459C), Metaline Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain sufficient altitude during the initial climb to clear trees due to an encounter with windshear.

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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