# NTSB CHI87LA192: Cessna 170A, N1354D, Monticello, MN, August 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1987, 19:45 local (Aug 18, 1987, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Monticello, MN
- Coordinates: 45.299655, -93.79969 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2997&lon=-93.7997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13811/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA192

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, takeoff
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1354D), registered now, S/N 19930, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19930
- Airframe hours: 2729
- Engines: 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

## 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: 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870817045889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870817045889A), Aug 17, 1987: Cessna 170A, Monticello, MN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control and ground looped on takeoff roll. Right main gear collapsed and wing struck the ground.

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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