- Date
- August 21, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boyceville, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3804VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880821034259A
- Case key
- 14148
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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
Shortly after lift-off, the aircraft encountered a gust of wind and the pilot failed to compensate adequately for the wind conditions. The pilot experienced a loss of aircraft control and decided to reject the takeoff and execute a landing. The aircraft touched down on the sandy ground on the right side of the runway. Braking effectiveness was reduced due to the sandy condition of the soil; the pilot was unable to prevent the aircraft from continuing into a ditch after the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3804V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18662
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vanus, Harold W.
- Registered owner
- Vanus, Harold W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Destination
- LSE · La Crosse, WI
- Airport
- WI20 · Boyceville Muni., runway 22, 2,720 × 40 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 477 total · 15 in this make and model · 477 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 25 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.