- Date
- July 11, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Upper Sandusky, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3142ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870711037429A
- Case key
- 7231
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff attempt from runway 36 the aircraft veered to the left about 250 feet from the runway threshold and contacted the ground. The pilot reported that a crosswind caught him off guard. Weather information obtained from findlay flight service station, 18 nautical miles from the accident scene, reported the wind from 260 degrees at 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3142A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25786
- Airframe hours
- 3,751
- Engine
- Continental O-300-B, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillip D. Seely
- Registered owner
- Charles H Moore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1987 · 85 hours before
- Destination
- Y85 · Hillsdale, MI
- Airport
- 56D · Wyandot County, runway 36, 4,000 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 143 total · 71 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDY, 18 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.