# NTSB LAX83LA227: Cessna 170B, N2492D, Redding, CA, May 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1983, 14:48 local (21:48 UTC)
- Place: Redding, CA
- Coordinates: 40.519817, -122.320129 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5198&lon=-122.3201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23708
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23708/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA227

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,tailwheel assembly - incorrect (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD TRAVELED FROM ALASKA TO PURCHASE THE ACFT. AFTER PURCHASE, AND SOME MINOR REPAIRS BY A LOCAL MECHANIC, THE PLT RECEIVED A ONE HR CHECKOUT PRIOR TO DEPARTING ON THE FIRST LEQ OF THE RETURN TRIP. WHEN THE ACFT ARRIVED AT REDDING IT WAS OBSERVED TO LAND HARD, BOUNCE AND VEER OFF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2492D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20644
- Airframe hours: 2750
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David H. Glenn
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 24, 1982, 3 hours before
- Departed: SAC, SACRAMENTO, CA
- Airport: RDD, Redding, runway 16, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 91 total, 3 in this make and model, 91 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDD

## 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 19830512018919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830512018919A), May 12, 1983: Cessna 170B, Redding, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and lost directional control. Aircraft flipped inverted. Wrong part installed in tail wheel

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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