- Date
- April 3, 1987, 12:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2323DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870403079029A
- Case key
- 17187
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Analysis
An 85 hour private plt was flying for proficiency in his Cessna 170. At the last landing of the flt, an apparently normal touchdown was completed. During the landing roll, the acft swerved to the left and the plt corrected to the right. The acft continued to turn right with an increased rate of turn. The plt was unable to correct this turn and the acft departed the rwy to the right. The left main gear encountered soft fill dirt and the acft nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2323D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20475
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven J. Varlese
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1986
- Airport
- IV5 · Boulder Municipal, runway 8, 4,100 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 35 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 9 nm away
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 N2323D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.