# NTSB BFO88LA041: Cessna 170B, N8271A, Goldsboro, MD, May 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1988, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Goldsboro, MD
- Coordinates: 39.03033, -75.779563 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0303&lon=-75.7796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA041

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - initial climb
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID HE UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO CLIMB IN GROUND-EFFECT AFTER THE ACFT LIFTED OFF BEFORE ADEQUATE FLYING SPEED WAS OBTAINED. THE ACFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE RWY AND TOUCHED DOWN IN A PLOWED FIELD WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8271A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8271A), registered now, S/N 25123, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25123
- Airframe hours: 1750
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: J. Christian Fenger
- Registered owner: Stephen Applegate
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 4, 1988
- Destination: LAUREL, DE
- Airport: NONE, John Brown, runway 4, 2,400 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 319 total, 11 in this make and model, 301 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBY

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.

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