- Date
- July 23, 1989, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kyle, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8102ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890723024809A
- Case key
- 17752
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Probable cause
The pilot used poor preflight planning & decision-making in selecting a road on which to land during gusty wind conditions which resulted in the failure to maintain direction control.
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 plt was landing his acft on a road when a sudden gust of wind struck the acft causing him to lose directional control. He said that the winds appeared to be calm in the area but some 'dust devils' could be seen swirling around. The acft went off the side of the road and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8102A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20954
- Airframe hours
- 1,671
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Buck, Randall J.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1989 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- SPF · Spearfish, SD
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 170 in this make and model · 362 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point -0 °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 N8102A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.