- Date
- July 18, 1984, 08:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8176ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840718074409A
- Case key
- 24346
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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 acft departed the rwy to the left during landing. Upon contacting soft dirt the right main gear collapsed and separated from the acft. According to the plt the acft hit a rough spot and bounced. Other damages were done to the fuselage, the wings and the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8176A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming 11, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elezabeth & Jim Gollogly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- L16 · Huntington Bch, CA
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 203 total · 47 in this make and model · 47 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.