- Date
- July 20, 1985, 21:00 local (Jul 21, 1985, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kalispell, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5414CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850720033149A
- Case key
- 16729
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was returning from a local pleasure flt, it was a hot day. The plt said that he inadvertently leveled the acft aprx 10 ft high. He said the acft stalled causing a hard landing. The impact caused substantial damage to the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5414C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19448
- Airframe hours
- 972
- Engine
- Franklin O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry R. Westphal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1985
- Departed
- KCA · Kalispel, MT
- Airport
- S27 · Kalispell City, runway 13, 3,600 × 70 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 149 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
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 N5414C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.