Cessna 170B N2288D

Summary

On 17 April 2006 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2288D was involved in an accident near Clark Fork, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 April 2006 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Clark Fork, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

River Lake

Coordinates

48.1167, -116.1667

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N2288D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bonners Ferry → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA06LA077

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around. A quartering tailwind was a factor.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Due to the pilot's injuries, he does not recall the landing event, however, witnesses in the area reported that the aircraft was landing on runway 14 with a quartering tailwind. The witnesses observed the aircraft "tipping from one wheel to the other," and "bouncing back and forth on its wheels and swerving." The aircraft then lifted off and "flew across the road, rocking side to side then from 30 feet went nose down by the tracks in a ditch." The aircraft came to rest nose down to the ground about 430 feet from the end of runway 14. The nearest weather reporting facility located 19 nautical miles northwest of the accident site was reporting a wind from 260 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 18 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.