# NTSB CEN23LA024: Cessna 170A, N9244A, Hardin, TX, November 2, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 2, 2022, 09:33, time zone not recorded - Place: Hardin, TX - Coordinates: 30.157615, -94.709893 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1576&lon=-94.7099&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 106239 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA024 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106239/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106239 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA024 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the powerlines while landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Object/animal/substance: wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Awareness of condition; cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 588 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 588 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 1,310 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while landing on a friend’s private airstrip the airplane struck wires that crossed the approach end of the runway. He continued the landing on the airstrip and the airplane departed the left side of the runway. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane and that he just did not see the wires in time to avoid them. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder. The owner of the airstrip had previously purchased orange markers to attach to the wires to aid visibility, but the electric power company had not yet attached the markers to the wires when the accident happened. After the accident the markers were placed on the wires. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9244A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9244A), registered now, S/N 19005, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A - Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 19005 - Year built: 1949 - Engines: Continental O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: T41, La Porte, TX - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: TT19, Circle C Ranch Airport, runway 36, 2,280 × 45 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 1, 2022; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 15,000 total, 200 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 70° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft overcast - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.24 inHg - Observed at: KBMT, 26 nm away - METAR: METAR KBMT 021430Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM OVC035 18/16 A3024 RMK AO2 T01750156= ## 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 20221102023219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221102023219A), Nov 2, 2022: Cessna 170A, Hardin, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot hit power lines at the approach end of private air strip while landing, then went through a barbed wire fence causing substantial damge. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 11, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106239. 2.5 MB in all. - Photographs (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 3 photos, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15072379&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation with pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15073322&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20with%20pilot-Rel.pdf 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. 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