# Incident 20220829019749I: Cessna 170B, Eau Claire, WI, August 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2022, 15:20 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Airport: Chippewa Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8658° N, 91.4843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL (EAU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8658&lon=-91.4843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4478B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4478B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 87 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220829019749I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT, LANDED RUNWAY 22 AT THE EAU CLAIRE CHIPPEWA VALLEY AIRPORT (KEAU) IN A HEAVY CROSSWIND. THE PILOT HAD LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN TO RUNWAY 22. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED/WEATHER VAINED INTO THE DIRECTION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS REPORTED BY EAU CLAIRE TOWER CONTROLLER ON DUTY TO HAVE BEEN 26 KNOTS PEAK VELOCITY OUT OF 260 DEGREES. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT IT THEN PROCEEDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY AREA. TEN YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY'S EDGE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO ABRUPT REST 90 DEGREES PERPEDICULAR TO RUNWAY 22 CAUSING THE TAIL TO RISE THEN RAPIDLY FALL RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N4478B (1)

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

- [Accident 20030624013369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030624013369A), Jun 24, 2003: Cessna 170B (N4478B), Widener, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 24, 2003, at 12:30 CDT, a Cessna CE-170B, N4478B, struck a small transmission line while on final approach to a Private grass runway east of…

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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