- Date
- November 4, 1990, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Patillas, PR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4023VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901104048569A
- Case key
- 32790
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Probable cause
The accident was failure of the non certificated pilot to lower the flaps to the correct position for takeoff and failure to abort the takeoff due to insufficient acceleration.
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 plt does not have a plt certificate. He stated it took longer than usual to raise the tail during the ground roll. The flt was about 3/4 down the 2,000 ft rwy, with 10 degs of flaps lowered, when he realized that the airspeed was insufficient to become airborne & there wasn't enough rwy remaining to stop. He continued the takeoff but the main landing gear collided with a fence at the end of the rwy. The acft crashed into a field. There was no eng failure or malfunction. According to the owner's manual, full flaps (30 degs) should be used for the shortest takeoff. According to the plt, he had accumulated aprx 30 hrs in this make & model acft but had not received formal training. Review of his logbook revealed that he had logged aprx 40 hours in the previous 17 yrs. The last logged entry was 9 yrs 4 mos earlier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4023V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18342
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Torregrosa, Antonio
- Registered owner
- Torregrosa, Antonio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Airport
- X64 · Patillas, runway 10, 2,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 30 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MJPS, 31 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.
Other investigations on N4023V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.