# Accident 19890804027739A: Cessna 170A, Brookfield, WI, August 4, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1989, 13:30 local time
- Place: Brookfield, WI
- Airport: Capitol Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0896° N, 88.1794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0896&lon=-88.1794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9762A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9762A-2011-12-14) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890804027739A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING,TRIED TO GO AROUND,LEFT RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH GROUND IN ADJOINING FIELD.

## 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 CHI89LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA159), Aug 4, 1989: Cessna 170A (N9762A), Brookfield, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO TAKE PROPER CORRECTIVE ACTION AFTER ENCOUNTERING A WIND GUST ON LANDING.

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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