- Date
- November 21, 1983, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kalispell, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3747CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16292
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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 acft landed hard just short of the rwy after the plt exprienced icing problems in flt. The airspeed indicator stopped working in flt so the plt was attempting a landing and says he also lost engine power at about 30 ft in the air during the flare for landing. According to the operator who examined the acft the wings contained ice that had streaks or marks on it as if someone tried to remove it. There was enough left however to affect the lifting qualities of the wing, no evidence was found of an engine malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3747C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26517
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Brock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983
- Destination
- Cranbrock
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S27 · Kalispell City, runway 31, 3,600 × 70 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 20 in this make and model · 274 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCA, 10 nm away