# NTSB MKC83LA173: Cessna 170A, N5781C, Syracuse, KS, August 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1983, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Syracuse, KS
- Coordinates: 37.980018, -101.74961 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9800&lon=-101.7496&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): 33455
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33455/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA173

## 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
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

WHILE THE PLT WAS MAKING HIS SECOND LANDING, THE ACFT BEGAN TO ROCK BACK & FORTH DURING THE ROLL-OUT. HE ADDED POWER TO CORRECT THE OSCILLATION, BUT SAID THE POWER HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT. HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL & THE ACFT SWERVED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED & THE RIGHT WING & PROP WERE DAMAGED. THE PLT BELIEVED HE RELEASED CONTROL PRESSURE WHEN THE AIRSPEED WAS TOO HIGH, THEN OVER CONTROLLED WITH THE RUDDER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5781C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5781C), registered now, S/N 19735, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19735
- Airframe hours: 1951
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arthur J. Aeschliman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 22, 1983
- Airport: 3K3, Syracuse-Hamilton Co., runway 30, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 115 total, 15 in this make and model, 57 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GCK, 49 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 19830801038249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830801038249A), Aug 1, 1983: Cessna 170A, Syracuse, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during touch and go landing.

## Other investigations on N5781C (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 CHI74DEP43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEP43), Apr 21, 1974: Cessna 170A (N5781C), Gratiot, WI, 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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