# Accident 20250223009549A: Cessna 170B, Gainesville, GA, February 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2025, 15:15 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2726° N, 83.8302° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2726&lon=-83.8302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2480D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2480D) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,663 total, 9 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250223009549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT GVL AND UPON ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND PROCEDURE AND OBSERVED THE AIRPORT WINDSOCK SHOWING A STRIGHT HEADWIND FOR RUNWAY 23 WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE PATTERN.  PILOT STATED THAT UPON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 23, THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN VEERED TO THE RIGHT DURING ROLLOUT.  AIRCRAFT YAWED 30-40 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING.  THE AIRCRAFT ALSO EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE AND CAME TO REST NOSE NOWN, WITH THE NOSE CONE AND TWO MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES TOUCHING THE PAVEMENT.  FAA INSPECTOR OBSERVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING, WITH BOTH WINGTIPS BENT UPWARD.  EVIDENCE OF HIGH STRESS FLEXION DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON THE UPPER WING SURFACE AND NEAR THE WING ROOT.  BOTH TIPS OF THE PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED, ALONG WITH THE NOSE CONE.  INSPECTOR ALSO OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE AND SIDES OF THE ENGINE COWLING.

## 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 ERA25LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA139), Feb 23, 2025: Cessna 170B (N2480D), Gainesville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel-equipped airplane while landing in gusty crosswind conditions.

## Other reports on N2480D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19771111042689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771111042689A), Nov 11, 1977: Cessna 170B (N2480D), Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Wind gusting to 25KTS.

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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