20030326004549A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170A · Santa Rosa, NM · March 26, 2003

Date: March 26, 2003 · 11:25 local
Place: Santa Rosa, NM
Airport: Santa Rosa Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1228D
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN03LA057
Reported as: Cessna 170A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total200 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

N1228DRegistered now · Cessna 170AS/N 19782 · Built 1950 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.

(-23) Owner/operator was flying this aircraft on a 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. He received a duats weather brief prior to departure end and updated his weather info and filed a flight plan prior to attempting to depart Santa Rosa, NM. Santa Rosa has no terminal weather reporting available however, area weather data was available for several airports and reporting stations near that area. Weather data for the flight indicates there were sigmets in effect for low level wind shear and winds from the west were predominat with potential wind gusts of 25 to 30 knots. The 1950 Cessna was not certificated with any requirement to demonstrate a maximum cross wind component capability/limitation which, at the time, were nearly 90 degrees from the left during the taxi run. Winds at the time were reported by a new Mexico state patrolman to be at least 25 mph throughout the area.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) OWNER/OPERATOR WAS FLYING THIS AIRCRAFT ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. HE RECEIVED A DUATS WEATHER BRIEF PRIOR TO DEPARTURE END AND UPDATED HIS WEATHER INFO AND FILED A FLIGHT PLAN PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO DEPART SANTA ROSA, NM. SANTA ROSA HAS NO TERMINAL WEATHER REPORTING AVAILABLE HOWEVER, AREA WEATHER DATA WAS AVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL AIRPORTS AND REPORTING STATIONS NEAR THAT AREA. WEATHER DATA FOR THE FLIGHT INDICATES THERE WERE SIGMETS IN EFFECT FOR LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND WINDS FROM THE WEST WERE PREDOMINAT WITH POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS. THE 1950 CESSNA WAS NOT CERTIFICATED WITH ANY REQUIREMENT TO DEMONSTRATE A MAXIMUM CROSS WIND COMPONENT CAPABILITY/LIMITATION WHICH, AT THE TIME, WERE NEARLY 90 DEGREES FROM THE LEFT DURING THE TAXI RUN. WINDS AT THE TIME WERE REPORTED BY A NEW MEXICO STATE PATROLMAN TO BE AT LEAST 25 MPH THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN03LA057Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSanta Rosa, NMthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing for takeoff. A contributing factor was the wind gust.Mar 26, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N1228D · 1

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

Accident 19810803083309ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Nassau, BahamasLost directional control on landing roll. Ground-looped.Aug 3, 1981 · Substantial damage