- Date
- September 3, 1992, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Angola, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9124ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19920903035159A
- Case key
- 15537
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing rollout.
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
Pilot made landing on runway 23. Wind was from 280 at 8 knots. During landing roll the right wing began to lift, and the airplane began to veer to the left. The pilot added power in an attempt to abort the landing, but could not get airborne before reaching cornfield. Pilot cut the power, airplane went into cornfield and nosed-over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9124A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18883
- Airframe hours
- 2,180
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barney V. Bryan
- Registered owner
- Barney V. Bryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 11, 1992 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- IRS · Sturgis, MI
- Destination
- ANQ · Angola, IN
- Airport
- ANQ · Tri-State Airport, runway 23, 4,000 × 75 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 35 in this make and model · 66 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 35 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.