- Date
- April 30, 1988, 23:10 local (May 1, 1988, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mechanicsville, MD
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4022VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880430011159A
- Case key
- 11409
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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 was flown with the engine cowling plugs installed. The engine overheated and it lost power. The plt said he forgot to remove the plugs during the preflight. During the forced landing roll the acft collided with a berm and the rt main lndg gear was sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4022V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18341
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence R. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1987
- Departed
- W28 · Friendly, MD
- Destination
- 2W6 · Leonardtown, MD
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,287 total · 230 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 260° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NHK, 17 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.