# Incident 20231028016139I: Cessna 170B, Oxford, CT, October 28, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2023, 13:48 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2789C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2789C) (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: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231028016139I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 28, 2023, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED FROM N41 WATERBURY AIRPORT, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO KOXC WATERBURY-OXFORD AIRPORT OXFORD, CONNECTICUT. PIC STATED THAT THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE SYSTEM (ADIS) FOR KOXC WAS INOPERATIVE AND THAT AUTOMATED WEATHER WAS REPORTING VARIABLE WINDS AT 4 KNOTS. UPON CONTACTING KOXC TOWER THE PIC STATED HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 18, WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTING WINDS CALM. THE PIC STATED HE EXECUTED A NORMAL THREE POINT LANDING, TOUCHING DOWN JUST AFTER THE THRESHOLD IN THE VICINITY OF TAXIWAY “C”. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, PIC STATED THEY WERE AT TAXI SPEED AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN RIGHT OF CENTERLINE, THE PIC APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND THEY STATED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND AND PROCEEDED TRACKING TO THE RIGHT. THE PIC STATED THEY THEN APPLIED SOME LEFT BRAKE AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TRACKING TOWARDS THE RIGHT. THE PIC STATED HE NOTICED THE 15 KNT WINDSOCK WAS COMPLETELY STIFF AND POINTED ACROSS THE RUNWAY. THE PIC THEN STATED THAT INSTEAD OF INTRODUCING MORE BRAKING AND RISKING A GROUND LOOP, THEY ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE TO THE RIGHT AND STEERED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GRASS, BETWEEN TWO TAXI LIGHTS, BEFORE REACHING TAXIWAY “E”.  THE PIC STATED AFTER SPEED HAD BEEN REDUCED IN THE GRASS AND THEY HAD FULL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT THEY REQUESTED CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER TO TAXI TO PARKING, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THE PIC WAS CLEARED AS REQUESTED AND THEY ENTERED INTO TAXIWAY “E”, THEN TO TAXIWAY “B” AND PARKED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO PERSONAL INJURIES REPORTED.

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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