# NTSB WPR14CA107: Cessna 170, N2594V, Wikieup, AZ, January 26, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 26, 2014, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Wikieup, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.439167, -113.488891 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4392&lon=-113.4889&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 2014
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88737
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14CA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88737/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88737
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA107

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain during takeoff.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Terrain: mountainous/hilly terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 329 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 1,310 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: 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)
- [Takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during takeoff from a private dirt runway, the main wheel landing gear struck a dirt berm. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and a postaccident fire ensued, which consumed the fuselage and inboard portion of both wings. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that during takeoff from a private dirt runway, the main wheel landing gear struck a dirt berm. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and a postaccident fire ensued, which consumed the fuselage and inboard portion of both wings. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2594V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2594V-2014-06-26), registration cancelled 2014-06-26, S/N 18239, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170 (UNDESIGNAT)
- 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: 18239
- Year built: 1948
- Airframe hours: 2563
- Engines: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Logsdon James B
- Registered owner: Logsdon James B
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 2013, 8 hours before
- Departed: PVT, Wikieup, AZ
- Destination: Lake Havasu, AZ
- Airport: PVT, Private Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 1, 2013; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 340 total, 30 in this make and model, 340 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: KIGM, 54 nm away

## 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 20140126002119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140126002119A), Jan 26, 2014: Cessna 170, Wikieup, AZ, Destroyed. On January 26, 2014 around 1045 MST near Wikieup, Arizona: N2594V, Cessna 170, during takeoff from a private dirt strip struck a berm at the end of the runway…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 28, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88737. 463 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 421 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40409879&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Photo 1: View of the main wreckage. Courtesy of local news media. (item 2, .PDF, 42 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40409881&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20View%20of%20the%20main%20wreckage.%20%20Courtesy%20of%20local%20news%20media.-Master.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.

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