# NTSB CHI85LA221: Cessna 170B, N1676D, Waseca, MN, May 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Waseca, MN
- Location: 44.0735° N, 93.5529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASECA MUNI/MAYNARD RICHARD STENSRUD FLD (ACQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0735&lon=-93.5529&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): 13084
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA221
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13084/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA221

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - object - runway light
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1676D), registered now, S/N 20318, 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: 20318
- Airframe hours: 1635
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850525020719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850525020719A), May 25, 1985: Cessna 170B, Waseca, MN, Substantial damage. Directional control lost after balloon on landing in crosswind. Wingtip struck ground, aircraft ran off runway.

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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