# Accident 19920202001539A: Cessna 170B, Howell, MI, February 2, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1992, 13:45 local time
- Place: Howell, MI
- Airport: Livingston County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6081° N, 83.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Howell, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6081&lon=-83.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N432W-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 42 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920202001539A

## Narrative

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

WEATHER VANED INTO STRONG CROSSWIND ON LANDING. RAN OFF RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED.

## 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 CHI92LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA087), Feb 2, 1992: Cessna 170 (N432W), Howell, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: A CROSS WIND.

## Other reports on N432W (2)

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

- [Accident 20180719011719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180719011719A), Jul 19, 2018: Cessna 170B (N432W), Spearfish, SD, Substantial damage. On July 19, 2018 at approximately 08:30 MDT a Cessna 170B [privacy data omitted] went off the end of runway 26 and hitting a tree after takeoff during a CFR…
- [Accident 19990308002499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990308002499A), Mar 8, 1999: Cessna 170B (N432W), Grand Ledge, MI, Substantial damage. Acft lost directional control on landing and sustained substantial damage, other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on March 8, 1999, at 1130 eastern standard…

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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