- Date
- May 13, 1983, 19:15 local (May 14, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Prague, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N170KMCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830513074149A
- Case key
- 20900
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While turning to base leg for landing the eng quit. With insufficient altitude to reach the arpt, the plt selected another field, but landed short in rough terrain. A large quantity of water was found in the acft's fuel tanks which wastraced to a contaminated fuel storage tank at the acft's home base.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170KM
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19166
- Airframe hours
- 3,820
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bob Snow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1983
- Departed
- ADM · Ardmore, OK
- Airport
- OK19 · Prague, runway 17, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,386 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC
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 N170KM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.