# Accident 20180610024249A: Cessna 170B, Benson, AZ, June 10, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2018, 09:45 local time
- Place: Benson, AZ
- Airport: Benson Munciple
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9994° N, 110.3581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9994&lon=-110.3581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N170W-2019-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA339) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180610024249A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF/LANDINGS.  THE PILOT TOOK OFF WITH A SLIGHT TAIL WIND PILOT FAILED TO NOTICE THE WIND HAD SHIFTED AROUND TO A SLIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND.  THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN, VEERED RIGHT, APPLIED LEFT BRAKE AND LEFT RUDDER. RIGHT MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND ONCE THE ENGINE RESPONDED THE FULL LEFT RUDDER DEFLECTION AND APPLICATION OF LEFT BRAKE TOOK OVER AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY SWERVED TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAREENED UP ON THE RIGHT WHEEL CAUSING WHEEL AXLE TO BREAK WITH THE SIDE OVER LOAD APPLIED, THE RIGHT GEAR LEG DUG INTO THE RUNWAY AND CAUSED THE RIGHT GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED, IT CAUSED THE RIGHT WING STRUT ATTACHING POINT AT THE FUSELAGE TO FAIL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE WITH THE RIGHT WING BENT UPWARD AT A 90-DEGREE ANGLE TO THE FUSELAGE.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHARMED.  ONE WITNESS AT TH4E SCENE CAME FORWARD TO ASSIST.

## 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 GAA18CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA339), Jun 10, 2018: Cessna 170 (N170W), Benson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during 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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