# Accident 20210912021949A: Cessna 170B, Cass, AR, September 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2021, 13:29 local time
- Place: Cass, AR
- Airport: Byrd'S Backcountry Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4870° N, 93.8277° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4870&lon=-93.8277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2998D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2998D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,617 total, 184 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA415) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210912021949A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 ON OR ABOUT 1530 CST, CESSNA 170, N2998D, DEPARTED BYRD'S BACKCOUNTRY AIRSTRIP (51AR) RUNWAY 7 WHICH IS 2500' LONG.  VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED WITH THE NEAREST REPORTED WEATHER HAVING A DIRECT CROSSWIND OF 6 GUST 15 AND A TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES.  AIRMEN STATED HE SET TAKEOFF FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE POH AND AFTER LIFTOFF NOTICING THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PERFORMING WELL ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE TREES THE AIRMEN ATTEMPTED TO TURN TOWARDS ANOTHER CROSSING RUNWAY AND REDUCE FLAPS TO GAIN AIRSPEED BUT THEN SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED, IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 CEN21LA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA415), Sep 12, 2021: Cessna 170B (N2998D), Ozark, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate takeoff performance planning that resulted in a climb gradient too low to clear trees on departure, and his failure to maintain aircraft control that resulted in an aerodynamic…

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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