# NTSB MKC83LA104: Cessna 170, N4254V, Moundridge, KS, May 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1983, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Moundridge, KS
- Coordinates: 38.199214, -97.509086 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1992&lon=-97.5091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33407
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33407/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA104

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND GROUNDLOOPED TO THE RIGHT BEFORE DEPARTING THE RWY. THIS WAS THE PLTS FIRST SOLO IN AN ACFT WITH CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4254V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4254V), registered now, S/N 18610, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Registry model: [Cessna 170](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (registry code 2072302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18610
- Airframe hours: 2975
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Russell P. Groves
- Registered owner: Clarence P. Klassen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 14, 1983
- Airport: 47K, Moundridge Municipal, runway 17, 3,600 × 105 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 122 total, 7 in this make and model, 57 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 35 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 19830508017959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830508017959A), May 8, 1983: Cessna 170, Moundridge, KS, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Lost control. Aircraft ground looped.

## Other investigations on N4254V (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 MKC68F0406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0406), Nov 12, 1967: Cessna 170 (N4254V), Eldon, MO, substantial damage

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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