20230429007719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Queen Creek, AZ · April 29, 2023

Date
April 29, 2023 · 09:30 local
Place
Queen Creek, AZ
Airport
Pegasus Airpark
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2207D
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR23LA171
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total200 in this make and model20 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.

The pilot landed, exited the runway and begain taxing back to the hanger when a dust devil crossed paths with the aircraft and flipped it over. The pilot was uninjured but the aircraft sustained substancial damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LANDED, EXITED THE RUNWAY AND BEGAIN TAXING BACK TO THE HANGER WHEN A DUST DEVIL CROSSED PATHS WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIPPED IT OVER. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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