Cessna 170B N2396D

Summary

On 7 May 2006 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2396D, operated by Mark Svabik, was involved in an accident near Chickaloon, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 May 2006 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chickaloon, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Sheep Mountain (PASP)

Coordinates

61.8119, -147.5069

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N2396D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mark Svabik

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → McCarthy

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06CA050

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose over during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident was the snow on the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when he elected to land en route at an airport where he'd landed previously. He said he flew over the landing area, and believed the snow on the runway was not significantly deep due to the lack of snow surrounding the runway. He said nearing the end of the landing roll, the airplane's main landing gear wheels broke through the surface crust of snow, and the airplane nosed over. In a written statement to the NTSB dated May 19, he reported that the airplane received damage to the vertical tail and wingtip. He further reported that the snow was 6 inches deep, and was "the root of the problem."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.