Cessna 170B N170ED

Summary

On 19 May 2012 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N170ED, operated by Highsmith Alfred C, was involved in an accident near Winterville, North Carolina, 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

19 May 2012 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Winterville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

South Oak Aerodrome (NC47)

Coordinates

35.4828, -77.3533

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N170ED

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Highsmith Alfred C

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Winterville → Winterville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12CA344

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's excessive bank at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was participating in a "bean bag drop" competition at the airfield. He was flying from the left seat while his right-seat passenger was to drop the bean bag onto the target. He overflew the runway at 70 feet above the ground and banked right to see where the bean bag landed. There was a left-to-right crosswind that pushed him farther right than anticipated. As the airplane approached tall trees at the edge of the airfield, the pilot banked further right to avoid them. The airplane stalled, descended, and collided with the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.