# Accident 20190719004369A: Cessna 170B, Phoenix, AZ, July 19, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2019, 13:52 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3276A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3276A-2020-10-10) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,165 total, 41 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA445) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190719004369A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/19/219,2052Z/1352MST, N3276A, CE-170-B ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25R, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND VEERED TO THE LEFT UPON TOUCHDOWN AND EXITED THE SOUTHSIDE OF RUNWAY 25R, APPROXIMATELY 600FT TO THE LEFT AND TRAVELED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND NOSING OVER ONTO THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND THEN SETTLED TO A STOP ON THE AIRCRAFT NOSE. TWO PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.  PUNCTURES TO THE WING INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS CAUSING A FUEL LEAK REQUIRING FIRE CREWS TO BE CALLED AND MAINTAINED ON SCENE DURING REMOVAL OF AIRCRAFT VIA CRANE AND TOW OFF THE AIRFIELD.  DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND DURING THE ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED BUCKLING IN THE SKIN BY THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHERE IT MOUNTS UP TO THE AIRCRAFT, WHEEL DAMAGE FOUND ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN WHICH THE WHEEL WAS BENT DOWNWARD TOWARDS THE RUNWAY, WHICH REQUIRED THE REMOVAL CREW TO USE A WHEEL DOLLY TO STRAP UNDER THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING TOW FOR AIRCRAFT REMOVAL OFF THE FIELD.  IT WAS REPORTED EARLIER THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING WHICH DURING A BOUNCE COULD HAVE BEEN HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE THE LANDING GEAR IF IMPACTED DURING THE APPLICATION OF A SIDE LOAD ON THE WHEEL AND WITH A SIDE LOAD COULD CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WHEEL TO BEND DOWNWARD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE ITS RIGHT WING ON THE RUNWAY. EVIDENCE OF SCARING ON RIGHT WING TIP SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR DIRECT ASPHALT TO WING CONNECTION.

## 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 GAA19CA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA445), Jul 19, 2019: Cessna 170 (N3276A), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and the right wing striking the ground.

## Other reports on N3276A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19991229037209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991229037209A), Dec 29, 1999: Cessna 170B (N3276A), Oakland, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing roll the aircraft bounced hard over ruts in the dirt airstrip. The pilots seat slid back causing the pilot to lose control of the…

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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