- Date
- February 2, 1992, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Howell, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N432WCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920202001539A
- Case key
- 15392
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was: a cross wind.
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 lost directional control of the airplane while landing on runway 31 with a crosswind from 240 degrees in excess of 12 knots. The airplane departed the left side of the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N432W
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21912
- Airframe hours
- 3,577
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bennett, David S
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1991 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- D96 · Coldwater, MI
- Airport
- 3HE · Livingston County, runway 31, 4,300 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 42 in this make and model · 123 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 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.
Other investigations on N432W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.