# Accident 20230517020809A: Cessna 170B, Tracy, CA, May 17, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2023, 16:18 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2771C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2771C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,140 total, 8 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230517020809A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 17, 2023 DEPARTURE FROM KTRM. WEATHER REPORTED, FORECAST ENROUTE, AND ARRIVAL TO KTCY WAS VFR. COMING INTO THE AIRPORT PILOT LISTENED TO THE AWOS, WINDS FAVORED RUNWAY 30. PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING. WHILE ON FINAL, PILOT OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK AND CONFIRMED THE LANDING RUNWAY. TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL, CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. ON ROLL OUT PILOT REPORTED THE WIND SHIFTED. PILOT EXPERIENCED A GUST TO THE WING WHICH CAUSED IT TO RAISE. ACTION WAS TAKEN TO COUNTER, BUT THE AMOUNT NEEDED WAS NOT ENOUGH AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN SECURED FOLLOWED BY EXIT. NO INJURIES RESULTED.

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AT TIPS AND NEAR FUSELAGE/SPAR, BOTH PROPS, SHEET METAL DAMAGE AND MISSING RIVETS ABOVE PILOTS HEAD AREA.

## 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 WPR23LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA300), May 17, 2023: Cessna 170B (N2771C), Tracy, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll after encountering a wind gust.

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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