# NTSB CHI84LA285: Cessna 170B, N2748C, Edgerton, WI, July 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1984, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Edgerton, WI
- Coordinates: 42.830646, -89.070693 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8306&lon=-89.0707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA285
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12689/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA285

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE MADE A FASTER THAN NORMAL APPROACH & UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. HE ADDED A LITTLE POWER TO SMOOTH OUT THE LANDING, BUT WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE SECOND TIME, IT VEERED OFF THE RWY, ENCOUNTERED A MUDDY CORN FIELD FURROW & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2748C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2748C), registered now, S/N 26292, built 1954 (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: 26292
- Airframe hours: 2321
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ralph E. Reese
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 3, 1983
- Departed: JVL, JANESVILLE, WI
- Airport: 58C, Tabacco City, runway 36, 2,300 × 130 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 218 total, 218 in this make and model, 88 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JVL, 17 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 19840710031059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840710031059A), Jul 10, 1984: Cessna 170B, Edgerton, WI, Substantial damage. Ballooned on landing, lost control on second touchdown. Left the runway and nosed over in soft mud.

## Other investigations on N2748C (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI78DEG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEG10), Jun 13, 1978: Cessna 170B (N2748C), Oxford, OH, substantial damage

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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