- Date
- June 22, 1990, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Chalmers, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2556CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900622021899A
- Case key
- 5386
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to properly calculate the airplane's takeoff performance and the effect of the crosswind.
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.
Analysis
The pilot-in-command was taking off from an 800 foot strip with a 15 to 20 knot cross wind. He stated that the airplane lifted off and climbed to ten feet above the ground. The airplane then struck three trees and landed in the ocean.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2556C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-340-A1A, 170 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tim Smith
- Registered owner
- Milton Kutil
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Z41 · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 650 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2556C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.