# Accident 20130321005229A: Cessna 170, Livermore, CA, March 21, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2013, 15:06 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Lvk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6933° N, 121.8203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6933&lon=-121.8203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3826V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3826V-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,817 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130321005229A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR13CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA168), Mar 21, 2013: Cessna 170 (N3826V), Livermore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional 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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