# Accident 19750823025659A: Cessna 170A, Centerville, IA, August 23, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1975
- Place: Centerville, IA
- Airport: Centerville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 40.6844° N, 92.9010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTERVILLE MUNI (TVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6844&lon=-92.9010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9223A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9223A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FCD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750823025659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT DRIFTED TO L BFR LNDG PLT SLIPPED BACK TO RWY.DRG FLARE R WING DROPPED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC76FCD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCD05), Aug 23, 1975: Cessna 170A (N9223A), Centerville, IA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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