# Accident 20030326004549A: Cessna 170A, Santa Rosa, NM, March 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2003, 11:25 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, NM
- Airport: Santa Rosa Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9344° N, 104.6431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9344&lon=-104.6431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1228D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1228D) (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: 7,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030326004549A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DEN03LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA057), Mar 26, 2003: Cessna 170A (N1228D), Santa Rosa, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing for takeoff. A contributing factor was the wind gust.

## Other reports on N1228D (1)

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

- [Accident 19810803083309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810803083309A), Aug 3, 1981: Cessna 170A (N1228D), Nassau, Bahamas, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll. Ground-looped.

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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