# Incident 19980620030289I: Cessna 170, Sumner, IA, June 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1998, 06:30 local time
- Place: Sumner, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8494° N, 92.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sumner, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8494&lon=-92.0972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4067V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4067V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980620030289I

## Narrative

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

MR. KADERA THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD BUT WAS FORCED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 93. THREE MILES EAST OF SUNMER, IOWA, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. NEITHER MR. KADERA NOR HIS PASSENGER REVEIVED INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTIANED MINOR DAMAGE. EVEN THOUGH MR. KADERA SUMPED THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL HE GOT FUEL ADN RAN THE AIRCRAFT AN EXTENDED TIME, HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE WATER OUT OF HIS FUEL TANKS. ALSO BECAUSE OF THE NOSE UP ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND, ALL OF THE WATER MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN A LOCATION WHERE IT COULD REACHED THE SUMP DRAINS. MR. KADERA COULD NOT HAVE DRAINED THE WATER OUT TOTALLY, UNLESS HE ROCKED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAITED AN EXTENDED TIME, THEN ATTEMPTED TO DRAIN THE WATER OUT OF THE SUMPS ONCE MORE. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO OTHER INDICATION THAT MR. KADERA  SHOULD HAVE PROCEEDED TO DO SO. AFTER THE INCIDENT, MR. MICHAEL CONNELL OF CONNEL FLYING SERVICE FROM THE DECORAH AIRPORT RETREIVED AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND WATER IN ALL THE SUMPS AND DRAINED ONE HALF GALLON OF WATER THROUGH THE GASKOLATOR.

## Other reports on N4067V (1)

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

- [Accident 20220606021879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220606021879A), Jun 6, 2022: Cessna 170 (N4067V), Wheatland, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot was performing touch and go landings to rwy 08 in Wheatland, WY. Upon third landing, a quartering tailwind gust from the left rear pushed the tail to the…

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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