- Date
- August 4, 1982, 21:30 local (Aug 5, 1982, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4655CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820804034589A
- Case key
- 70646
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Analysis
While landing with a light crosswind from the left, the aircraft bounced. The pilot reported that the nose became canted to the left before the second touchdown. He then lost control. The aircraft skidded sideways and the right main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4655C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25599
- Airframe hours
- 1,548
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2H, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald N. Dalby
- Registered owner
- Ronald N. Dalby
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks International, runway 1L, 10,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 17 in this make and model · 1,533 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.