- Date
- March 10, 1983, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2280DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830310007149A
- Case key
- 16049
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had recently purchased the plane & had only 6 hrs of flt time in tailwheel equipped acft. He reported that during a landing, the acft bounced once, then touched down just left of the center of the rwy. He stated that the acft veered left, then he overcorrected to the right. Subsequently, the acft turned sideways and the left main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2280D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20432
- Airframe hours
- 2,928
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike Ruckhaus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Destination
- DGW · Douglas, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DGW · Douglas, runway 10, 5,066 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 10 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Observed at
- DGW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.