- Date
- April 1, 1990, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Winchester, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2521CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900401011799I
- Case key
- 11584
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to assure that the airplane would clear the fence after takeoff.
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 pilot was taking off from an upslope-grass rwy. According to the plt, the acft accelerated slowly before he lifted off at 65 mph. The plt was unable to climb and the acft struck a fence past the end of the rwy. The plt reported no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2521C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26165
- Airframe hours
- 2,650
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kirk E. Randall
- Registered owner
- Kirk E Randall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1989 · 90 hours before
- Destination
- W16 · Winchester, VA
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 18, 1,500 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 639 total · 89 in this make and model · 547 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2521C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.