# Accident 20240515007989A: Cessna 170B, Sealy, TX, May 15, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2024, 17:40 local time
- Place: Sealy, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7280° N, 96.0602° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7280&lon=-96.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74887, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74887) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 835 total, 10 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240515007989A

## Narrative

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

ON 5/15/2024 AROUND 17:30 CST, RWY 20 AT SEALY, TX (1XA7) PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL. AN INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF RIGHT RUDDER PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO COUNTERACT THE LEFT TURNING TENDANCIES. RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT VEERING TO THE LEFT AND STRIKING A TREE. THE LEFT-WING TIP HIT FIRST. CAUSING THE PLANE TO SPIN ABRUPTLY LEFT AND DIP, WITH THE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HITTING THE GROUND. AIRFRAME AND CONTROL SURFACES SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO ENGINE OR PROPELLER DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. NO INJURIES OR POST CRASH FIRE EXISTED.

WEATHER DATA:

KHOU 152153Z 10009KT 10SM FEW180 SCT250 32/20 A2977

LEFT WING: SUFFERED DAMAGE TO MAIN SPAR, WING TIP. WING BOX WRINKLED, LEFT FLAP DAMAGED, LEFT AILERON DAMAGED, UPPER AND BOTTOM SIDE OF WING WRINKLED.

RIGHT WING: SUFFERED DAMAGE TO MAIN SPAR, WING TIP, RIGHT AILERON DAMAGED, UPPER AND BOTTOM SIDE OF WING WRINKLED, OUTER WING HALF WAS BENT DOWN DURING GROUND IMPACT.

FUSELAGE: COCKPIT PLEXI GLASS CRACKED, WING BOX WRINKLED, AFT FUSELAGE WRINKLED

RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SUFFERED DAMAGE

FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED EXCEPT TO THE DAMAGE COMPONENTS.

ENGINE AND PROPELLER DID NOT IMPACT THE TREES OR ANY OBJECTS.

## 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 CEN24LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA192), May 15, 2024: Cessna 170 (N74887), Sealy, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff, that resulted in an impact with a tree and the ground.

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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