- Date
- March 30, 1986, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia Stat., OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2894CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860330009479A
- Case key
- 6972
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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.
Analysis
The acft made a hard landing during which the left main gear was sheared off at the fuselage. Weather was not a factor. In the 90 days preceding this accident the plt had only flown 1 hour in this make & model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2894C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N2894C
- Airframe hours
- 1,795
- Engine
- Continental O-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel R. Green
- Registered owner
- Dennis Trammell Daniel Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- 468 · Columbia Airport, runway 18, 2,010 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 474 total · 375 in this make and model · 411 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.