# Accident 19890505010949A: Cessna 170B, Deming, NM, May 5, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1989, 06:15 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2631° N, 107.7525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deming, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2631&lon=-107.7525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3475D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3475D-1992-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 369 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890505010949A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. STRUCK FURROW ON EDGE OF STRIP. BOUNCED INTO AIR. WING HIT MORE FURROWS. CARTWHEELED

## 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 DEN89LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA116), May 5, 1989: Cessna 170B (N3475D), Deming, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND RUN, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN. THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT IS…

## Other reports on N3475D (2)

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

- [Accident 19850615025449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615025449A), Jun 15, 1985: Cessna 170B (N3475D), Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Ground looped during rollout in light crosswind. Nosed over with damage to wings, stabilizer, fuselage, propeller.
- [Accident 19780825027479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825027479A), Aug 25, 1978: Cessna 170B (N3475D), WY, 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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