Cessna 170B N2736C

Summary

On 14 September 2013 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2736C, operated by Poirier Dennis L, was involved in an accident near Iliamna, Alaska, 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

14 September 2013 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Iliamna, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

59.4408, -156.5342

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N2736C

Category

Airplane

Year built

1954

Engines

1

Operator

Poirier Dennis L

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Iliamna → Iliamna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC13CA101

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a mound while landing on a remote airstrip.

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

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The pilot of a tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he was landing on a remote airstrip. During the landing roll, a gust of wind forced the airplane slightly right of centerline about midfield. The right main landing gear then contacted an approximate 30-degree upsloping hummock (mound). The right main tire burst and the right main wheel imbedded in the mound. The airplane subsequently pivoted forward and left, with the left wing contacting the ground, before coming to rest upright. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot added that with the exception of the right main tire burst, there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.