- Date
- June 10, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ottumwa, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8077ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830610025029A
- Case key
- 33420
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival, the plt canceled his VFR flt plan when he was about 3 mi from the arpt. At that time, fss personnel advised him that the wind was from 190 deg at 14 KTS & that the wind favored rwy 22. There was a tetrahedron wind indicator north of the intersection of rwy 22 & 31. However, the plt selected rwy 31. While on the landing roll, about 200 ft after touchdown, the acft's left wing raised & the acft veered to the left into the x-wind. It continued off the rwy onto sod surface where the right main gear dug in & collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8077A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20929
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald J. Ovans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 31, 1982
- Departed
- K78 · Abilene, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OTM · Otiumwa Industrial, runway 31, 6,499 × 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,362 total · 145 in this make and model · 1,962 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.