- Date
- May 13, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Victoria, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2539VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840513016759A
- Case key
- 21334
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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 pilot stated that while on a long final approach power was reduced for descent. Shortly thereafter the throttle was applied but the engine failed to respond. The aircraft landed 100 yards short of rwy 17. The pilot stated after the accident that he attributes the lack of engine response to carburetor ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2539V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18043
- Airframe hours
- 2,878
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard J. Alvarado
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1983
- Airport
- T42 · Ball, runway 17, 2,600 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 868 total · 734 in this make and model · 827 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.