# NTSB ANC82DA068: Cessna 170B, N4655C, Fairbanks, AK, August 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1982, 21:30 local (Aug 5, 1982, 05:30 UTC)
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Coordinates: 64.810661, -147.720642 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8107&lon=-147.7206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70646
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70646/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA068

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25599
- Airframe hours: 1548
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820804034589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820804034589A), Aug 4, 1982: Cessna 170B, Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Touch down bounced, lost control and ground looped on landing. Side load collapsed right main landing gear.

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.

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