20071004829799A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170A · Wadesboro, NC · October 4, 2007

Date
October 4, 2007 · 09:45 local
Place
Wadesboro, NC
Airport
Anson County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5494C
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC08CA003
Reported as
Cessna 170A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
825 total23 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

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) Aircraft bounced after touching down. Aircraft veered left, the pilot applied power to correct. Aircraft continued left, departed runway and entered tall weeds. The pilot attempted to fly until right wing made contact with weeds, turning aircraft ninety degrees. The aircraft rolled to the left and stopped with the failure of the left hand main landing gear and wing lift strut. Aircraft came to rest on left hand side.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER TOUCHING DOWN. AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, THE PILOT APPLIED POWER TO CORRECT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT, DEPARTED RUNWAY AND ENTERED TALL WEEDS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FLY UNTIL RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH WEEDS, TURNING AIRCRAFT NINETY DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND STOPPED WITH THE FAILURE OF THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WING LIFT STRUT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON LEFT HAND SIDE.

NTSB investigation

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