# NTSB MIA93LA126: Cessna 170B, N48021, Titusville, FL, May 21, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1993, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Coordinates: 28.630842, -80.850791 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6308&lon=-80.8508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33272
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33272/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA126

## Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 33 SHE ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS FROM THE EAST AND THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED INTO THE WIND. SHE WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT GOING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSING DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48021](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48021-2023-04-01), registration cancelled 2023-04-01, S/N 27087, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27087
- Airframe hours: 9986
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Walkwitz Aviation
- Registered owner: Clark L. Morris
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 2, 1993, 73 hours before
- Departed: SFB, SANFORD, FL
- Airport: X21, Arthur Dunn Airpark, runway 33, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 625 total, 13 in this make and model, 533 as pilot in command, 202 in the last 90 days, 92 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TIX, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930521016569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930521016569A), May 21, 1993: Cessna 170B, Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in crosswind. Weathervaned,ran off runway and nose up.

## Other investigations on N48021 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA98LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA057), Jan 10, 1998: Cessna 170 (N48021), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the the left brake to operate, due to a bad o-ring; and subsequent failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing rollout, resulting in a ground loop…

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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