# Incident 20060427015429I: Cessna 170B, Minneapolis, MN, April 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2006, 14:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4512C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4512C-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C145*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060427015429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN REPORTS TO FSDO THAT HE "MUSCLED" THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND IN A STRONG CROSSWIND (GREATER THAN 15 KNOTS) RATHER THAN GOING AROUND AND AS A RESULT SCRAPED THE WING, CAUSING ONLY SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE, MAINTENANCE AGREES NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE RESULTED.

## Other reports on N4512C (2)

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

- [Accident 19950615017869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950615017869A), Jun 15, 1995: Cessna 170B (N4512C), Gulkana, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing over controlled dragged a wing and ground looped.
- [Incident 19900226008929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900226008929I), Feb 26, 1990: Cessna 170B (N4512C), Fairbanks, AK. Smoke from instrument panel on climb. Landed. Found power lead from bus to thermofuse burned.

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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