# NTSB CHI02LA096: Cessna 170A, N170PS, Gainesville, MO, March 22, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 22, 2002, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Gainesville, MO - Coordinates: 36.600791, -92.419853 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6008&lon=-92.4199&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 15, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - Kansas City FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 54441 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI02LA096 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54441/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54441 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA096 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude and his failure to perform a go-around. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause) - distance/altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he landed long and an aborted landing was not possible when he realized that the airplane would not stop prior to the end of the runway. He attempted to stop at the end of the runway by intentionally ground looping the airplane but the airplane slid off the runway and impacted a drainage ditch. ## Factual narrative On March 22, 2002, at 1500 central standard time, a Cessna 170A, N170PS, sustained substantial damage during an on-ground collision with the terrain while landing on runway 19 (1,895 feet by 100 feet, dry/turf) at the Gainesville Memorial Airport, Gainesville, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was being operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The private pilot, the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The flight departed the Marion County Regional Airport, Flippin, Arkansas, at 1440. According to the pilot's written statement, "My approach was high to this grass runway and landed longer than necessary. When I realized I was long the plane was at a speed, and the runway remaining, precluded a go-around. At the runway end I tried to ground loop aircraft but slid sideways into drainage ditch." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N170PS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N170PS), registered now, S/N 20152, built 1951 (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: 20152 - Engines: Continental C-145 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Howard P. Orlebeke - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: FLP, Flippin, AR - Destination: H27, Gainsville, MO - Airport: H27, Gainesville Memorial Airport, runway 190, 1,895 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 80; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review April 1, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 2,603 total, 1,743 in this make and model, 2,603 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 5 °F - Altimeter: 30.40 inHg - Observed at: BPK, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020322007629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020322007629A), Mar 22, 2002: Cessna 170A, Gainesville, MO, No damage. (-23) On March 22, 2002, Mr. Howard p. orlebeke operated Cessna CE-170 N170PS as pilot in command on a flight from flippin, Arkansas (flp) to Gainesville,… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 27, 2003, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54441. 2.5 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 360 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40395509&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Missouri State Highway Patrol Report (item 2, .PDF, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40175315&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Missouri%20State%20Highway%20Patrol%20Report-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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