19981205032949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170A · Cottonwood, AZ · December 5, 1998

Date: December 5, 1998 · 13:00 local
Place: Cottonwood, AZ
Airport: Cottonwood Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N170PS
Reported as: Cessna 170A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,350 total1,700 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N170PSRegistered now · Cessna 170AS/N 20152 · Built 1951 Airframe modelCessna 170A Engine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft encountered a dust devil on landing, landed hard, the nose of the acft went into the air, the acft went down on its tail wheel, and the wheel broke off. (-23) pilot reported that he got caught in a dust devil, the aircraft nose was then lifted higher which caused the tail to impact harder than normal. The aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT ENCOUNTERED A DUST DEVIL ON LANDING, LANDED HARD, THE NOSE OF THE ACFT WENT INTO THE AIR, THE ACFT WENT DOWN ON ITS TAIL WHEEL, AND THE WHEEL BROKE OFF. (-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE GOT CAUGHT IN A DUST DEVIL, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS THEN LIFTED HIGHER WHICH CAUSED THE TAIL TO IMPACT HARDER THAN NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N170PS · 1

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

Accident 20020322007629AGainesville, MO(-23) On March 22, 2002, Mr. Howard p. orlebeke operated Cessna CE-170 N170PS as pilot in command on a flight from flippin, Arkansas (flp) to Gainesville, Missouri (H27). At approximately 1430 CST, while on a approach to landing on runway 19, Mr. Orlebeke…Mar 22, 2002 · No damage