- Date
- April 12, 2006, 15:37 local (21:37 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1327DCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Denver, CO FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060412004459I
- Case key
- 63522
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff. Factors contributing to the accident were the crosswinds and the wind gusts.
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 was attempting to takeoff to the north when the airplane caught a gust of wind. The airplane went up onto its nose causing damage to the propeller, spinner, and lower cowling. An examination of the airplane revealed no flight control or systems anomalies. The winds in the vicinity at the time of the incident were 250 degrees at 9 knots with gusts to 17 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot was attempting to takeoff to the north when the airplane caught a gust of wind. The airplane went up onto its nose causing damage to the propeller, spinner, and lower cowling. An examination of the airplane revealed no flight control or systems anomalies. The winds in the vicinity at the time of the incident were 250 degrees at 9 knots with gusts to 17 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1327D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20102
- Engine
- Continental C-145, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donavan O. Kerr, Jr. Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 7V1 · Buena Vista, CO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 5,800 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Observed at
- LXV
FAA reports on this event · 1
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