Cessna 170B N4556C

Summary

On 24 July 2006 at about 18:59 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N4556C was involved in an accident near Griffin, Georgia, United States. One person was 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

24 July 2006 at 18:59

Classification

Accident

Location

Griffin, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Griffin-Spalding County Airpor (6A2)

Coordinates

33.2269, -84.2747

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N4556C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Griffin → Jackson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL06CA112

Nobody was injured.

An in-flight encounter with weather on initial take off climb resulting in a loss of directional control and collision with the ground.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot applied aft pressure on the control yoke upon reaching 55 mph on the takeoff roll and the airplane became airborne. The airplane immediately veered to the left and the pilot applied right rudder and aileron. The pilot stated that he encountered a strong wind gust from the right. Another wind gust hit the airplane, and the pilot lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane cart wheeled to the left and came to rest inverted. A weather study completed by the NTSB revealed a low pressure system approaching the Alabama-Georgia border with a stationary front extending eastward across Georgia, in the vicinity of the accident site. Scattered thunderstorms and rain showers were developing along the front. The satellite image indicated a developing cumulonimbus clouds over the accident site, indicating thunderstorms were in the immediate vicinity of the airport at the time of the accident. The weather radar radial velocity image supports a wind shift in the immediate vicinity of the accident site with wind values less than 20 knots between the boundary. No defined microburst signature were noted in the vicinity of the accident site, but a wind analysis supported a gust front or outflow boundary.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.