# Accident 20100430032979A: Cessna 170A, Minden, NV, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 12:50 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0006° N, 119.7511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0006&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5765C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5765C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,924 total, 6 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430032979A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 30, 2010 CFI 2112045, EARL KESSLER, WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT CHECK FOR A TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT IN MINDEN, NV (MEV).  AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 34, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED INTO A LEFT TURN.  MR. KESSLER THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE INDIVIDUAL UNDER INSTRUCTION IS A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN A LEFT TURN AND GROUND LOOPED.  AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, SKIDDING SIDEWAYS AND POINTING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF LANDING, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ABOUT 10 MORE FEET RIDING UP ON TOP OF THE SEVERED GEAR STRUT AND WHEEL AND THEN CAME TO REST SLAMMING THE LEFT OUTER WING ONTO THE ASPHALT SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALS THAT IT IS THAT OF A CESSNA 180 AND NOT THAT OF A CESSNA 170A.  PROPER PAPER WORK INSTALLING THIS GEAR WAS FOUND.  ALSO NOTED WAS EVIDENCE OF OLD CRACKS STARTING AT THE SHEAR POINT ON BOTH LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES OF THE STRUT.  THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN CAUSING THE GROUND LOOP.

## 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 WPR10LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA221), Apr 30, 2010: Cessna 170A (N5765C), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A main landing gear collapse during the landing roll due to fatigue cracking and corrosion of the strut.

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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