# Accident 20020322007629A: Cessna 170A, Gainesville, MO, March 22, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Gainesville, MO
- Airport: Gainesville Memorial
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6008° N, 92.4199° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6008&lon=-92.4199&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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020322007629A

## Narrative

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

(-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 LANDED LONG, OVERRAN THE RUNWAY, WENT THROUGH A DITCH AND SLID ONTO A ROAD, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS ACCIDENT REPORT IS CLOSED.

## 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 CHI02LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA096), Mar 22, 2002: Cessna 170A (N170PS), Gainesville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude and his failure to perform a go-around.

## Other reports on N170PS (1)

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

- [Incident 19981205032949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981205032949I), Dec 5, 1998: Cessna 170A (N170PS), Cottonwood, AZ, Minor damage. 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.…

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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