- Date
- November 14, 1992, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kankakee, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2836CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921114046599A
- Case key
- 15624
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command not obtaining directional control prior to landing touch down in a crosswind condition.
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 stated he was practicing takeoffs and landings in his tailwheel configured airplane. During the landing which resulted in the accident, the pilot stated his wing was picked up by the wind during the flare for landing touchdown. The wind, according to the pilot, was an approximate 50 degree crosswind at nine knots gusting to about thirteen knots. The pilot stated the airplane touched down on the runway after he leveled the wings. The landing roll was not parallel with the runway centerline. The pilot stated the airplane went off the runway edge, its tires sank into the soft ground and the airplane nosed over. A flight instructor witness stated the winds were unusually variable during the timeframe of the accident event. He stated he observed the airplane's left wing strike the ground and cartwheel, ending up with its nose and left wingtip on the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2836C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26379
- Airframe hours
- 3,766
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter J. Conroy
- Registered owner
- Peter J. Conroy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- IKK
- Destination
- IKK
- Airport
- IKK · Greater Kankakee, runway 22, 5,985 × 100 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 45 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 43 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 N2836C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.