- Date
- March 19, 2023, 13:14 local (18:14 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9254ACessna 170A
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230319003639A
- Case key
- 106910
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing with wind gusts, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after touchdown on the runway, a gust of wind pushed the tail of the airplane to the left. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane departed the runway and nosed over in a grassy area adjacent to the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The reported winds about the time of the accident were light and variable at 3 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9254A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19015
- Built
- 1949
- Airframe hours
- 5,804.7
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Farnsley Aero LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 2023
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KPWA · Wiley Post, runway 35R, 7,199 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B
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
- 72
- Injuries
- Unknown
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 15, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,360 total · 36 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.50 inHg
- Observed at
- KPWA, 6 nm away
- METAR
- KPWA 191753Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 05/M13 A3050 RMK AO2 SLP337 T00501128 10056 21078 58013
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 23, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.