- Date
- October 20, 1990, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Maquoketa, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1692DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14951
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate commpensation for wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he was landing in a right crosswind. He lost directional control and allowed the left wing to contract the ground. His written statement says, in part: 'during the rollout phase of the landing I was leaving the shltered portion of the runway and was subjected to a 10 knot crosswind at a cirtical phase of the landing'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1692D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20334
- Engine
- Continental C145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Smith, Robert E.
- Airport
- OQW · Maquoketa, runway 15, 3,300 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 88 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 41 °F
Other investigations on N1692D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.