# Accident 19860608022039A: Cessna 170B, Wichita Falls, TX, June 8, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1986, 14:25 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Wichita Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9476° N, 98.6161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICHITA VALLEY (F14), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9476&lon=-98.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37RA-1997-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 148 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860608022039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF.PILOT REPORTED GUSTY WINDS NOT OBSERVED BY WEATHER SERVICE.

## 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 FTW86LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA104), Jun 8, 1986: Cessna 170B (N37RA), Witchita Falls, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N37RA (2)

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

- [Accident 19970705016819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970705016819A), Jul 5, 1997: Cessna 170B (N37RA), Bend, OR, Substantial damage. Took off without using 1000FT displaced threshold high density altitude. Turned downwind. Unable climb struck trees.
- [Incident 19950701027529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950701027529I), Jul 1, 1995: Cessna 170B (N37RA), Klamath Falls, OR, Minor damage. CFI trying to show student the operation lost directional control on landing. Ground looped.

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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