- Date
- May 6, 1989, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kalskag, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4074VCessna 170B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890506010709A
- Case key
- 5183
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane following a bounced landing.
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.
Analysis
The accident occurred while the pilot was making a touch and go landing. The airplane bounced on touchdown and the pilot lost directional control. The airplane weather vaned and departed the side of the runway where it contacted rough terrain. The plt had a total of 5 hours flight time in conventional geared airplanes and zero hours in the preceding 90 days. The airplane did not have a current annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4074V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18406
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenny Morgan
- Registered owner
- Mike Norton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 26, 1986 · 415 hours before
- Departed
- KLG · Kalskag, AK
- Airport
- KLG · Kalskag, runway 6, 3,200 × 50 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 5 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.