# NTSB ERA22LA177: Cessna 170, N2656V, Stoney Point, NC, April 2, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 2, 2022, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC) - Place: Stoney Point, NC - Coordinates: 35.856363, -81.043316 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8564&lon=-81.0433&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 2 serious - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104877 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA177 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104877/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104877 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA177 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to retract the flaps during a go-around from a bounced landing, which resulted in a collision with trees then terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: configuration](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062017): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062017/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 80 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062017/cases.md) - [Flight control system: tE flap control system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022750): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022750/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 74 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022750/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR go-around: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) - [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airplane owner, who was a student pilot, reported that the pilot-rated passenger was the pilot flying. During landing, the airplane bounced and the owner took control of the airplane and initiated a go-around. He stated that the airplane was slow to climb with the flaps fully extended and they cleared the first tree line but impacted another tree farther away from the airstrip. The owner reported he did not recall anything after the tree contact but did say that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airframe or engine. The airplane came to rest upright among small diameter trees in a nose-low, tail high attitude with the right wing substantially damaged. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2656V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2656V), registered now, S/N 18166 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 170 (UNDESIGNATED SERIES) - Registry model: [Cessna 170](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (registry code 2072302) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18166 - Year built: 1948 - Airframe hours: 3250 - Engines: Continental O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 2021 - Departed: NC58, Taylorsville, NC - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: Steve Miller Airstrip, runway 2, 1,391 × 90 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 52; injuries: serious; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 755 total, 155 in this make and model, 755 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days - Pilot-rated passenger; age 68; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: right; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 416 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 140° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: KSVH, 7 nm away - METAR: KSVH 022255Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM OVC100 15/01 A2996 RMK AO2 T01500009 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20220402007309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220402007309A), Apr 2, 2022: Cessna 170, Stoney Point, NC, Substantial damage. On April 2, 2022, at approximately 1700 local time, a Cessna 170, serial #18166, depart taylorsville airport (NC2) with two people onboard. The pilots landed… ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 1, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104877. 15.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 14 pages, 7.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13620734&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Recd%204%208%202022_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of NTSB conversations (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 136 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13620852&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20NTSB%20Conversations_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of FAA conversations (item 3, PDF, 9 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13621083&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20FAA%20Conversations_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 4, PDF, 4 pages, 4 photos, 5.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13621614&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 1 photo, 664 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15846438&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=4_Wreckage%20Release%20Form_N2656V_ERA22LA177_ALL%20EXCTD_Redacted-Rel-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.