# NTSB CHI82DA239: Cessna 170B, N8220A, Plymouth, IN, July 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1982, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Plymouth, IN
- Location: 41.3651° N, 86.3003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (C65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3651&lon=-86.3003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72263
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72263/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA239

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PILOT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING ROLL AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF RUNWAY AND IN JUMPING A DITCH DUG A WING INTO GROUND AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8220A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8220A-2012-11-09), registration cancelled 2012-11-09, S/N 25072, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25072
- Airframe hours: 4431
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cholla Flyers
- Registered owner: Cholla Flyers
- Departed: C65, PLYMOUTH, IN
- Destination: C65, PLYMOUTH, IN
- Airport: C65, Plymouth Municipal, runway 10, 4,700 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 419 total, 393 in this make and model, 393 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 183 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBN, 20 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 19820706026109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820706026109A), Jul 6, 1982: Cessna 170B, Plymouth, IN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on downwind touch and go. Tried to jump adjacent ditch. Wing struck ditch bank.

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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