- Date
- February 21, 1986, 17:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Alliance, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3400CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860221014799A
- Case key
- 34139
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had just completed a biennial flight review in Alliance, Nebraska and was returning to land on his ranch property south of Alliance. Wind rpts fm the Alliance airport, and the FAA flight service station in scottsbluff, indicated winds generally fm the southwest to west at speeds fm 14 to 26 knots. The plt was aware of the wind conditions in the area, but landed downwind on a road he uses for a landing strip on his ranch property. The plt lost control during the landing roll and veered off the side of the road into uneven terrain. The wing struck terrain during the departure fm the road substantially damaging the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3400C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26443
- Airframe hours
- 2,813
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grover G. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1985
- Departed
- A1A · Alliance, NE
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 928 in this make and model · 1,131 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- A1A, 12 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.
Other investigations on N3400C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.