# Incident 19780531041279I: Cessna 170A, Pala Alto, CA, May 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1978, 11:20 local time
- Place: Pala Alto, CA
- Airport: Santa Clara Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9117A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9117A-1982-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780531041279I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLL AIRCRAFT TURNED ABRUPTLY OFF RUNWAY. RIGHT WHEEL AXLE BENT, LEFT BRAKE SPONGY.

## Other reports on N9117A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790320000109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790320000109A), Mar 20, 1979: Cessna 170A (N9117A), Morgan Hill, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Impacted trees on cloud shrouded mountain. Dark night. Indications of VFR pilot spatial disorientation.

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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