Cessna 170A N1238D

Summary

On 28 August 2011 at about 13:20 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N1238D, operated by Bokk John, was involved in an accident near Grangeville, 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

28 August 2011 at 13:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Grangeville, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Hungry Ridge Ranch Airport (37ID)

Coordinates

45.7800, -115.9167

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N1238D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bokk John

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grangeville → Grangeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR11CA409

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's loss of directional control for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the single-engine airplane stated that he took off from the remote grass airstrip, which had 80-foot-tall pine trees along both sides. Shortly after takeoff the pilot heard a bang and the airplane veered right. The pilot tried to correct the flight path; however, the airplane descended and impacted pine trees about 300 feet east of the departure end of the airstrip. The pilot was able to extract himself from the cockpit before the airplane was consumed by a postaccident fire. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector and the county sheriff inspected the control cables of the airplane and found them all to be connected and continuous between the flight control surfaces and the cockpit controls.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.