# NTSB ERA24LA150: Cessna 170, N9269A, Chesapeake, VA, March 21, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 21, 2024, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC) - Place: Chesapeake, VA · PVG Airport - Coordinates: 36.780765, -76.45128 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7808&lon=-76.4513&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 193979 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA150 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193979/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193979 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA150 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop, runway excursion, and subsequent landing gear collapse. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The private pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane was returning to his home airport after refueling at a nearby airport. The pilot reported there was moderate turbulence while on final approach to land. Shortly after touchdown, the pilot reported that the left wing lifted and that he “did not correct fast enough and then overcorrected.” The airplane ground looped, exited the runway, and the right main landing gear collapsed, resulting in the right wing and right elevator sustaining substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9269A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9269A), registered now, S/N 19030, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 170 (A) - Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 19030 - Year built: 1949 - Airframe hours: 3980 - Engines: Continental C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 3, 2023, 71 hours before - Departed: SFQ, Suffolk, VA - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: PVG, Hampton Roads Exec, runway 10, 5,350 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 1, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 2,394 total, 80 in this make and model, 2,322 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 340° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 25 °F - Altimeter: 30.23 inHg - Turbulence: Light - Observed at: PVG - METAR: KPVG 211756Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 11/M04 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP239 6//// T01061039 10111 20061 58005 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20240321002529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240321002529A), Mar 21, 2024: Cessna 170A, Chesapeake, VA, Substantial damage. PIC made a normal approach to land on runway 10 at Hampton Roads Executive Airport located in Chesapeake VA (kpvg). Winds at the time of the accident were… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193979. 2.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17048480&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01%20Pilot%27s%206120%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum of record - pilot's statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17049083&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=02%20MOR%20Pilot%27s%20Statement-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 820 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17050132&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=04%20Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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