- Date
- May 25, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waseca, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1676DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850525020719A
- Case key
- 13084
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that on final apch the x-wind correction was good and he had a 45 deg wind from the right at aprx 15 KTS with gusts to 20 KTS. During the flare, the acft ballooned and landed in a right yaw. The plt stated that he then added pwr and left rudder and the left wing contacted the rwy. The acft then pivoted to the left and went off the left side of the rwy into a ditch. The above wind conditions produce a 15 kt x-wind during the gusts. Cessna confirmed that the Cessna 170B had been tested satisfactorily in x-winds up to 21 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1676D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20318
- Airframe hours
- 1,635
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Francis Albers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985
- Departed
- 25D · Forest Lake, MN
- Destination
- ACQ · Waseca, MN
- Airport
- ACQ · Wasaca, runway 15, 3,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 473 total · 78 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RST
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.