# Incident 19981205032949I: Cessna 170A, Cottonwood, AZ, December 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7301° N, 112.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTONWOOD (P52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7301&lon=-112.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N170PS) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981205032949I

## Narrative

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

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 20020322007629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020322007629A), Mar 22, 2002: Cessna 170A (N170PS), Gainesville, MO, No damage. (-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,…

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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