# Accident 20210523009969A: Cessna 170A, Mesquite, NV, May 23, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2021, 08:20 local time
- Place: Mesquite, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8331° N, 114.0559° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8331&lon=-114.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9557A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9557A-2023-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,453 total, 115 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210523009969A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 23, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 PDT, THE LAS VEGAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A PART 91 CRASH, INVOLVING A CESSNA 170A AIRPLANE, REGISTRATION NUMBER N9557A, SERIAL NUMBER 19393.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 20 AT MESQUITE AIRPORT (67L) IN MESQUITE, NV.

THE PILOT HAD A COMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH A TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE ENDORSEMENT.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED PASSENGERS ONBORAD THE AIRCRAFT.

INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 AND VEERED LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE WHILE THE PILOT BRAKED EXCESSIVELY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FILP OVER ITS NOSE AND COME TO A REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS APPROXIMTELY 30 FEET OF LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE SKID MARKS LEADING FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  MESQUITE PD DETECTIVES RESPONDED AND PROVIDED INVEATIGATORS PHOTOS.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE COWLING, AND ENGINE MOUNTS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR21LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA206), May 23, 2021: Cessna 170A (N9557A), Mesquite, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll, which resulted in a nosed over.

## Other reports on N9557A (1)

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

- [Accident 19760604017319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760604017319A), Jun 4, 1976: Cessna 170A (N9557A), Weatherford, TX, Substantial damage

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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