- Date
- August 23, 1986, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2790DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860823042539A
- Case key
- 17042
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was ferrying acft from glenwood springs, CO to troy, MO. Acft was out of annual (3-84) and a special airworthiness certificate was issued. Plt likewise had not flown for 2 years. Plt accomplished the mandatory biennial flight review the day before the accident and reported logging 4 hrs flt time in the 24 hrs prior to the accident. Plt said he made normal apch to rwy 09 but during flare realized he was too high. Acft made hard landing, blowing right main tire. Plt added power in attempt to go around but acft ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2790D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25332
- Airframe hours
- 3,312
- Engine
- Continental C145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael D. Purpura
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984
- Departed
- GWS · Glenwood Spring, CO
- Destination
- O2MO · Troy, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GXY · Greeley-Weld Co., runway 9, 6,200 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 118 total · 118 in this make and model · 63 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °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 N2790D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.