# Accident 19980510015349A: Cessna 170A, Emily, MN, May 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1998, 13:25 local time
- Place: Emily, MN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7492° N, 93.9595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7492&lon=-93.9595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1491D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1491D-2003-04-23) (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 O300C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 145 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510015349A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY LANDING. STRUCK TREES. NOSED OVER. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT, 'SHE SAW HERSELF SINKING BELOW GLIDE PATH, ADDED POWER, BUT THE AIRPLANE DIDN'T RESPOND.'  WHEN ASKED IF SHE TRIED TO GO-AROUND SHE STATED, 'I WANTED TO GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRPLANE WOULDN'T CLIMB OUT, EVEN WITH FULL POWER.' THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT, 'CLIPPED BUSHES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.' THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE HAD TWO NOTCHES OF FLAPS EXTENDED DURING THE APPROACH.  THE PILOT STATED TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR THAT THE AIRCRAFT, 'STARTED SINKING,' AND THAT SHE MAINTAINED AN, 'APPROACH ATTITUDE,' AND STARTED TO ADD POWER.  THE PILOT WAS ASKED IF SHE FELT THAT SHE GOT BEHIND THE POWER CURVE, AND SHE RESPONDED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE PRIOR AND DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.     (-23)PIC MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AT 70MPH TO SOD STRIP.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DESCENDING SO THE PIC ADDED POWER.  SHE EVENTUALLY HAD FULL POWER BUT THE DESCENT CONTINUED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT IN A SWAMPY AREA, RIPPING OFF THE RIGHT GEAR AND SKIDDED ONTO THE RUNWAY.  PIC REPORTED MAINTAINING AN AP                      PROACH ALTITUDE AT ALL TIMES AND FEELING THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED DOWN. THE WIND WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 KTS.  THE AIRMAN REPORTED THAT IT WAS BUMPY.

## 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 CHI98LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA144), May 10, 1998: Cessna 170A (N1491D), Emily, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent on final. A factor was the vegetation (bushes).

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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