- Date
- October 25, 1995, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oconomowoc, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4555CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951025034459A
- Case key
- 10139
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Probable cause
a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor associated with the accident was the unsuitable terrain on which to make the forced landing.
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 added power to initiate the climb portion of his second touch and go landing when the engine did not seem to produce adequate power (1,000 rpm). He stated he then performed a 'straight ahead engine out type emergency landing.' The airplane nosed over upon contacting a corn crop during the landing. Post accident inspection and runup of the engine failed to reveal any anomalies which would have resulted in a loss of engine power.
Factual narrative
On October 25, 1995, at 0900 central daylight time, a Cessna 170B, N4555C, flown by a private pilot nosed over in a corn field during a forced landing on takeoff from a grass strip in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged. This was a local flight which originated approximately one hour prior to the acicdent.
The pilot stated that after a local flight, he returned to the Oconomowoc Airstrip where he performed a touch and go on runway 09 (1,000 long, sod). He stated that after the second landing, he applied power and initiated a takeoff climb. He stated that the engine "did not seem to develope adequate power (tach aprx 1000 rpm)... ." He stated he performed a straight ahead emergency landing into a corn crop. The airplane nosed over during the landing.
The airplane was inspected by a Federal Aviation Airworthiness Inspector who was able to start the engine and run it up to 1,950 to 2,000 rpm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4555C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25499
- Airframe hours
- 2,863
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kurt S. Barnhart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1995 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- PVT · Oconomowoc, runway 9, 1,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 875 total · 450 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UES, 11 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.