- Date
- April 22, 1990, 14:03 local (20:03 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8074ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900422010549A
- Case key
- 17921
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. The crosswind condition was a factor related to the accident.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was landing on rwy 28. He estimated the winds were from 210 deg at 15 KTS. The landing appeared normal until the left wing started to rise. The plt said he did not 'get on the rudder quick enough' and the airplane started to groundloop to the left. The plt said he 'probably hit brakes near edge of rwy, causing plane to nose over.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8074A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20926
- Airframe hours
- 2,978
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wilson, Richard H.
- Registered owner
- Wilson, Richard H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1990 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- LHX · La Junta, CO
- Airport
- APA · Continennial, runway 28, 4,903 × 62 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 299 total · 76 in this make and model · 249 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
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 N8074A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.