Cessna 170 N170JS
3 September 2020 · Morrisville, Vermont, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 3 September 2020 at about 15:21 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N170JS was involved in an accident near Morrisville, Vermont, United States. 3 people were 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.
The record
- Date
- at 15:21
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Morrisville, Vermont, United States
- Nearest airport
- Morrisville-Stowe State (MVL)
- Coordinates
- 44.5369, -72.6139
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170
- Registration
- N170JS
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1950
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA20CA307
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and subsequent exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the right seat pilot/owner of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, she was demonstrating a short field takeoff to the passenger on a grass area adjacent to the airport’s single paved runway. After adding power and releasing the brakes, the airplane veered to the left toward a ditch between the grass area and the paved runway. The pilot attempted to steer away from the ditch by applying rudder control inputs but was unsuccessful. As the airplane approached the ditch she elected to rotate. The airplane briefly became airborne then stalled and impacted terrain. The pilot and the passenger were seriously injured and the airplane’s fuselage and both wings were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 2020 | Cessna 170 | Valley Center, Kansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 13 Sep 2020 | Cessna 170 | Kiana, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jan 2020 | Cessna 170 | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 2020 | Cessna 170B | Bloomington, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 2020 | Cessna 170 | Butte, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2020 | Aeronca 7AC | Enosburg, Vermont, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jun 2020 | Cessna 180 | Burlington, Vermont, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 28 Sep 2019 | Pitts S2 | Morrisville, Vermont, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Sep 2021 | Sproul Keith A 83K-16 | Ryegate, Vermont, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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