- Date
- June 22, 1982, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fowlerville, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2741CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820622024109A
- Case key
- 70734
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The student pilot bounced on landing, veered to the left, and nosed over after encountering a soft spot in the corn field that the aircraft had entered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2741C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26285
- Airframe hours
- 2,638
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- David Miechiels
- Registered owner
- David Miechiels
- Departed
- Fowlerville, MI
- Destination
- Fowlerville, MI
- Airport
- Maplegrove, runway 27, 3,000 × 100 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N2741C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.