# Accident 20220402007309A: Cessna 170, Stoney Point, NC, April 2, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2022, 18:50 local time
- Place: Stoney Point, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8564° N, 81.0433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8564&lon=-81.0433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2656V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2656V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 160 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220402007309A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 2, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 170, SERIAL #18166, DEPART TAYLORSVILLE AIRPORT (NC2) WITH TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD.

THE PILOTS LANDED AT LOCAL STRIP, NC58 WITH NO ISSUES. AFTER DEPARTING NC58, THE PILOTS DECIDED TO LAND AT ANOTHER LOCAL GRASS STRIP, KNOWN AS MILLER`S.

THE AIRCRAFT MADE TWO APPROACHES INTO MILLER`S WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT`S PROFILE WAS VERY SLOW WITH FULL FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, BUT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT SPEED AND ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN A NORTHERN DIRECTION BEFORE STRIKING THE TOP BRANCHES OF A LARGE PECAN TREE CAUSING IT TO LOSE MORE ALTITUDE AND THEN ENTER A TREE LINE WHERE IT STRUCK SEVERAL OTHER TREES BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND AN APPROXIMATE 20 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

BOTH PILOTS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.

## 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 ERA22LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA177), Apr 2, 2022: Cessna 170 (N2656V), Stoney Point, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to retract the flaps during a go-around from a bounced landing, which resulted in a collision with trees then terrain.

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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