# Accident 20140419010619A: Cessna 170A, Huron, SD, April 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2014, 12:00 local time
- Place: Huron, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3158° N, 98.2733° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3158&lon=-98.2733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9285A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9285A-2018-04-18) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,998 total, 4,093 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140419010619A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2014 1200 A CESSNA 170A OWNED BY GARY A. JONES, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK AN OBJECT DURING LANDING AND BENT THE LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE FUSELAGE GEAR ATTACH BULKHEADS AND ASSOCIATED FUSELAGE SKINS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND FUSELAGE. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HURON, SD ON THE SAME DATE.

## 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 CEN14CA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA242), Apr 19, 2014: Cessna 170A (N9285A), Huron, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flare resulting in a hard landing.

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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