# NTSB DEN84LA171: Cessna 170B, N3279A, Belen, NM, June 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1984, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place: Belen, NM
- Coordinates: 34.649108, -106.770942 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6491&lon=-106.7709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16393
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA171
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16393/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA171

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - judgment - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, copilot/second pilot (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT ROLLED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. HEAVY BRAKING WAS APPLIED IN ORDER TO STOP SHORT OF A FENCE AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER INVERTED. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE RATED PLTS. THEIR STATEMENTS WERE CONTRADICTORY. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHICH PLT WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS OR SERVING AS PIC AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3279A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3279A-2012-09-10), registration cancelled 2012-09-10, S/N 25923, 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: 25923
- Airframe hours: 2993
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard P. Haskins
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 14, 1983
- Departed: E80, BELEN, NM
- Airport: E80, Alexander Municipal, runway 3, 4,800 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 376 total, 98 in this make and model, 196 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- 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 19840608023319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840608023319A), Jun 8, 1984: Cessna 170B, Belen, NM, Substantial damage. Conflicting stories as to who was flying airplane. Neither current. Swerved off side, flipped over onto its back

## Other investigations on N3279A (1)

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 ANC79DAA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA27), Jul 28, 1979: Cessna 170B (N3279A), Kotzebue, AK, 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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