Cessna 170B N3115B

Summary

On 13 May 2013 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N3115B, operated by Robert Travis Clements, was involved in an accident near Roxboro, North Carolina, 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

13 May 2013 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Roxboro, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Person County Airport (TDF)

Coordinates

36.2844, -78.9844

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N3115B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert Travis Clements

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Roxboro → Roxboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA244

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s excessive use of wheel brakes while turning off the runway after landing resulting in a noseover.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he landed the tailwheel-equipped airplane at the conclusion of a local flight. As he began to turn the airplane off the runway onto the taxiway, he “lost control” and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane, and stated that he should have applied “more rudder and less brake.”

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.