Cessna 170A N5407C

Summary

On 6 January 2008 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N5407C was involved in an accident near Ellsworth, Maine, 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

6 January 2008 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Ellsworth, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Philbrick Mountain (NONE)

Coordinates

44.6353, -68.6325

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N5407C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Belfast → Ellsworth

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA08CA037

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot elected to land at the private airstrip without permission and initiated an approach to the snow-covered, 1,200 foot-long runway with a slight crosswind from the left. After touchdown near the right edge of the runway, the airplane bounced several times, then began yawing to the left. The airplane then began a right arcing turn, and collided with a snow bank and a building.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.