# NTSB CHI92LA264: Cessna 170A, N9124A, Angola, IN, September 3, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1992, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place: Angola, IN
- Coordinates: 41.639816, -84.999641 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6398&lon=-84.9996&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15537
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA264
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15537/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA264

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9124A), registered now, S/N 18883, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18883
- Airframe hours: 2180
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920903035159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920903035159A), Sep 3, 1992: Cessna 170A, Angola, IN, Substantial damage. Reported wind gust raised wing on rollout. Tried go around. Ran off end runway into corn and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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