- Date
- February 26, 1983, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1896CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830226005379A
- Case key
- 16045
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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 acfts main left gear collapsed during a groundloop on landing. The pilot stated that his approach to landing was normal but after touchdown the acft veered to the right. He said the wind was not a factor. The pilot gave a federal inspector the impression that he was inadequately trained and felt insecure in the acft. When told he would be subjectedto additional training and examination the pilot said he had no objections 'it they can ever get me back in it again.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1896C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26041
- Airframe hours
- 2,033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas J. Camino
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Buffalo, WY
- Airport
- BYG · Buffalo Municipal, runway 3, 4,500 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 55 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N1896C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.