- Date
- October 8, 1989, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mooresville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11575Cessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891008039239A
- Case key
- 8165
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in his failure to attain the proper toughdown point on the unidirectional runway. Factors related to the accident were: the unfavorable wind and terrain conditions.
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 plt took off from a unidirectional airstrip for a local flt. By the time he had returned, the wind shifted to the north & was gusting to 15 KTS (a quartering tailwind for landing). The plt flew over the strip to evaluate the wind & elected to land. During the landing, the acft touched down about halfway down the rwy. After being committed to land, the plt applied hvy brakes. Subsequently, he steered the acft off the right side of the rwy at the dep end, where it enctrd tall grass on soft terrain & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11575
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19540
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A3, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- Morrison, runway 15, 1,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 421 total · 175 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- HKY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.