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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Livermore, CA · March 21, 2013

Date
March 21, 2013 · 15:06 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Airport
Lvk
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3826V
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR13CA168
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,817 total4,000 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot on landing "roll out" stated that [SIC] roll out was normal.

Pc then drifted to the left and ground looped off the runway.

PIC than stated [SIC]: upon landing feet were jarred and may have slipped off the peddles during landing.

Aircraft faded to the left on roll out during landing and ground looped off the runway resting on the right wing.

The right main landing gear collapsed thus folding the right gear forward and buckling the fire wall.

Tail wheel springs and cables were attached and did not show any visual damage.

Causing:

Damage to the fuselage resulted in tearing the forward right door post in haft.

Landing gear ruptured the lower fuselage up through the bottom of the fuselage.

Pictures were taken.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ON LANDING "ROLL OUT" STATED THAT [SIC] ROLL OUT WAS NORMAL.

PC THEN DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY.

PIC THAN STATED [SIC]: UPON LANDING FEET WERE JARRED AND MAY HAVE SLIPPED OFF THE PEDDLES DURING LANDING.

AIRCRAFT FADED TO THE LEFT ON ROLL OUT DURING LANDING AND GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY RESTING ON THE RIGHT WING.

THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED THUS FOLDING THE RIGHT GEAR FORWARD AND BUCKLING THE FIRE WALL.

TAIL WHEEL SPRINGS AND CABLES WERE ATTACHED AND DID NOT SHOW ANY VISUAL DAMAGE.

CAUSING:

DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE RESULTED IN TEARING THE FORWARD RIGHT DOOR POST IN HAFT.

LANDING GEAR RUPTURED THE LOWER FUSELAGE UP THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE.

PICTURES WERE TAKEN.

NTSB investigation

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