# Accident 20260129000459A: Cessna 170, Summerdale, AL, January 29, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2026, 11:00 local time
- Place: Summerdale, AL
- Airport: Bonner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4795° N, 87.6961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4795&lon=-87.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4178V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4178V) (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: CONTINENTAL C-145
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 300 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260129000459A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL BY APPLYING FULL POWER..AS THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS  STUCK ON 40 KTS.  PILOT EVENTUALLY ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND AND IN DOING SO, OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY, HITTING A DITCH AND COMING TO REST IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

## 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 ERA26LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA101), Jan 29, 2026: Cessna 170 (N4178V), Summerdale, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff with insufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with a fence post.

## Other reports on N4178V (1)

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

- [Incident 20100401030579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100401030579I), Apr 1, 2010: Cessna 170 (N4178V), Louisville, KY, No damage. Pilot landing on runway 24 at Bowman (lou) with 90 degree crosswind 15 with gusts to 20 left wing caught gust and lifted wing during landing roll. Aircraft…

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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