# Accident 20240321002529A: Cessna 170A, Chesapeake, VA, March 21, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2024, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Hampton Roads Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7808° N, 76.4513° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7808&lon=-76.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9269A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9269A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,398 total, 80 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240321002529A

## Narrative

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

PIC MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 10 AT HAMPTON ROADS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT LOCATED IN CHESAPEAKE VA (KPVG).   WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE VARIABLE FROM 050-070 AT 8 KNOTS.  UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO LIFT.  PIC FAILED TO MAKE APPROPRIATE CROSS WIND CORRECTION(S), OVERCORRECTED, OVERLOADED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT, CAUSING A SUBSEQUENT GROUND LOOP AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILURE.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, ELEVATOR, AND FUSELAGE WERE NOTED DURING THE FAA ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION.

## 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 ERA24LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA150), Mar 21, 2024: Cessna 170 (N9269A), Chesapeake, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop, runway excursion, and subsequent landing gear collapse.

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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