# NTSB MKC84LA067: Cessna 170B, N1681D, Jasper, AR, January 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1984, 10:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Jasper, AR
- Location: 36.0145° N, 93.1899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jasper, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0145&lon=-93.1899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33625
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33625/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA067

## 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 (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO VISIT RELATIVES. DURING THE LANDING THE ACFT GROUNDLOOPED AND COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM 290 DEGREES AT 18 KTS AND GUSTY. RUGGED TERRAIN SURROUNDED THE AREA OF LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1681D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1681D), registered now, S/N 20323, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20323
- Airframe hours: 2311
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Clint Owens
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 22, 1983, 150 hours before
- Departed: MKC, KANSAS CITY, MO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 300 total, 266 in this make and model, 266 as pilot in command, 42 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HRO

## 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 19840128002039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128002039A), Jan 28, 1984: Cessna 170B, Jasper, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped when pilot attempted off airport landing in farm field.

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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