- Date
- August 17, 1987, 19:45 local (Aug 18, 1987, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1354DCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870817045889A
- Case key
- 13811
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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.
Analysis
Drg the takeoff roll, the plt lost directional control of the tailwheel equipped acft. It then swerved to the left & went into a soybean field. Drg the occurrence, the rgt main gear collapsed & the rgt wing, rgt horizontal stabilizer, prop & eng cowling were damaged. Aprx 30 mi se at minneapolis, MN, the 1950 CDT wind was from 240 deg at 7 KTS. However,the plt rprtd the wind was calm at Monticello arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1354D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19930
- Airframe hours
- 2,729
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Mckenney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1987
- Destination
- ANE · Blaine, MN
- Airport
- 20Y · Monticello, runway 36, 2,550 × 140 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 115 in this make and model · 131 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 30 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.