# Incident 20240928017009I: Cessna 170A, Garden City, KS, September 28, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2024, 10:33 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9732A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9732A) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 571 total, 14 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240928017009I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST  28, 2024 THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION ON RUNWAY 30 AT GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (GCK). THE WINDS WERE 330 AT 8 KNOTS. DURING THE LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 1533Z THE CESSNA 170A CRABBED INTO THE WIND BOUNCED. THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES ON THE GROUND.  THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO PILOT’S MISMANAGEMENT OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DURING LANDING. THE PILOT FAILED TO INPUT PROPER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TO MAINTAIN THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS ALONG RUNWAY CENTERLINE.

## Other reports on N9732A (2)

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

- [Accident 19980524015589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524015589A), May 24, 1998: Cessna 170A (N9732A), Provo, UT, Substantial damage. Downwind landing and lack of tailwheel experience resulted in loss of control, dragged wingtip and groundloop. (.4)the pilot said that as he approached his…
- [Incident 19951113045729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951113045729I), Nov 13, 1995: Cessna 170A (N9732A), Payson, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: according to PIC: instructor pilot (steve vaughn) was giving tail dragger instruction. Upon landing the student froze on controls and PIC couldn't…

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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