# NTSB ATL86FEI03: Cessna 170B, N2894C, Columbia Stat., OH, March 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1986, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Columbia Stat., OH
- Coordinates: 41.310867, -81.940361 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3109&lon=-81.9404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FEI03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6972/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FEI03

## 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)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total
  - landing gear,main gear - separation

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2894C-2018-05-30), registration cancelled 2018-05-30, S/N 26437 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: N2894C
- Airframe hours: 1795
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860330009479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860330009479A), Mar 30, 1986: Cessna 170B, Columbia Statio, OH, Substantial damage. Landed on 3 gears instead of a slip in strong crosswind. Wind picked up wing, struck left gear and wing on ground.

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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