- Date
- April 24, 1991, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Newell, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5720CCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910424040059A
- Case key
- 15054
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper aircraft handling.
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 plt said that he had landed and was attempting to turn off on the the taxiway when the right wing came up. The left wing struck the terrain and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5720C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19826
- Airframe hours
- 3,634
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Black Hills Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1990
- Departed
- 3D3 · Belle Fourche, SD
- Airport
- 9V0 · Newell, runway 12, 2,644 × 56 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,326 total · 64 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Observed at
- SPF, 20 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.