- Date
- September 20, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N473CJCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870920053559A
- Case key
- 13829
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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
The pilot was landing the aircraft, after returning from a personal cross-country flight, when he encountered a crosswind gust and 'veered strongly to the right.' The pilot then decided to abort the landing and proceeded to add full power for a go-around. According to the pilot, the gust of wind was 'pushing' the aircraft into the trees at the east end of the field and in an attempt to miss the trees he pulled back on the yoke. The aircraft cleared the trees but just as it passed over the tree line, the aircraft stalled to the right. The pilot stated he applied left rudder and lowered the nose but the aircraft attempted to roll inverted and impacted the ground with the left wing first, cart-wheeling the aircraft in a corn field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N473CJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25860
- Airframe hours
- 1,470
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Vanwinkle
- Registered owner
- John Van Winkle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1987 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 1M9 · Cadiz, KY
- Destination
- DCY · Washington, IN
- Airport
- DCY · Daviess Company, runway 18, 4,800 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 267 total · 77 in this make and model · 158 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMG, 36 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.