- Date
- September 14, 1987, 20:00 local (Sep 15, 1987, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3410DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4910
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose down
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the take off roll he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to nose over. He also indicated that the private strip was new and that the dirt rwy was wet and soft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3410D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26953
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James D. Ferry
- Registered owner
- James D. Ferry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1987 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- 222 · Willow, AK
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 9, 1,100 × ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 360 total · 360 in this make and model · 349 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg