# Accident 20100809040419A: Cessna 170A, West Jordan, UT, August 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Airport: South Valley Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6222° N, 111.9933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6222&lon=-111.9933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N179MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N179MM) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA394) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100809040419A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 CFR 91 DAY VFR.  HE AND HIS WIFE, THE ONLY PASSENGER, DEPARTED THEIR HOME BASE IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, 53T, AND U42 WAS THEIR DESTINATION.  THEY MADE FUEL STOPS IN ROSWELL AND FARMINGTON, NM.UPON ARRIVAL IN THE U42 AREA THE PILOT CHECKED AWOS AND IT WAS INDICATING RWY 16 AS THE ACTIVE AND THE WIND DIRECTION FROM 240 DEGREES.  HE ESTABLISHED HIS FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 16, TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY.  A FEW SECONDS LATER DURING THE ROLL-OUT HE STATED HE UNEXPECTEDLY ENCOUNTERED A SIGNIFICANT GUST AND APPARENT CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION.  HE DID ALL IN HIS POWER TO CONTROL THE SITUATION HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTIUED TO BE PUSHED TO THE LEFT.  THEN THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE CABIN AND TO THE RIGHT.  SUBSEQUETLY, THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.HE AND THE WIFE WERE ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH RELATIVELY MINOR OR NO INJURIES.  THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE ELEVATED RIGHT WING.  FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE.

## 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 WPR10CA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA394), Aug 9, 2010: Cessna 170 (N179MM), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll.

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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