# NTSB DEN83LA068: Cessna 170B, N1896C, Buffalo, WY, February 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1983, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Buffalo, WY
- Coordinates: 44.339782, -106.709014 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3398&lon=-106.7090&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16045
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16045/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA068

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1896C), registered now, S/N 26041, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 26041
- Airframe hours: 2033
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830226005379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830226005379A), Feb 26, 1983: Cessna 170B, Buffalo, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing, aircraft ground looped.

## Other investigations on N1896C (2)

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.

- [NTSB FTW98LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA251), Jun 1, 1998: Cessna 170B (N1896C), Los Alamos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. Contributing factors were the crosswinds, the fence, and the ditch.
- [NTSB DEN81DTC10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTC10), Feb 14, 1981: Cessna 170B (N1896C), Buffalo, WY, substantial damage

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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