- Date
- March 8, 1992, 14:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9998ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920308005249A
- Case key
- 33072
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the unfavorable wind (windshift).
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
While on a straight in approach to rwy 27L, ATC advised the plt that the wind was light & variable. After touchdown during the landing roll, the rt wing was raised by a gust of wind. The acft travelled off the lt side of the rwy & the rt main landing gear collapsed. The rt wing was damaged when it contacted the ground. Aprx 12 minutes after the accident, a weather observation was taken at the arpt which indicated that the wind was from 100 degrees at 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9998A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19433
- Airframe hours
- 2,728
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Turano, Kenneth E.
- Registered owner
- Turano, Kenneth E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1991 · 100 hours before
- Airport
- TMB · Kendall-Tamiami Executive, runway 27, 4,999 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,370 total · 7 in this make and model · 4,050 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 1 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.