# NTSB NYC08CA003: Cessna 170A, N5494C, Wadesboro, NC, October 4, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 4, 2007, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Wadesboro, NC
- Coordinates: 35.020557, -80.076942
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0206&lon=-80.0769&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Charlotte, NC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66818
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66818/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA003

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - high vegetation

## Analysis

While landing, the Cessna 170A touched down on the left main landing gear  and bounced to the left of the runway centerline.  The pilot tried to correct by using power, but was unsuccessful.  The airplane continued into an area of high weeds next to the runway, the right wing and right main landing gear then made contact with the high weeds.  The airplane turned right 90-degrees and the left main landing gear leg bent inward, the left wing tip then contacted the ground, bending it upward.

## Factual narrative

After returning to the departure airport due to weather, the pilot of a Cessna 170A checked the wind direction and joined the traffic pattern for landing.  During the landing, the airplane touched down on the left main landing gear and bounced to the left of the runway centerline.  The pilot tried to correct by using power, but was unsuccessful.  The airplane continued into an area of high weeds next to the runway, the right wing and right main landing gear then made contact with the high weeds.  The airplane turned right 90-degrees and the left main landing gear leg bent inward, the left wing tip then contacted the ground, bending it upward, and the airplane came to rest on its left side.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5494C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5494C-2015-05-20), registration cancelled 2015-05-20, S/N 19528, 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: 19528
- Airframe hours: 3270
- Engines: Continental C-145 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2007
- Departed: AFP, Wadesboro, NC
- Destination: HVS, Hartsville, SC
- Airport: AFP, Anson County Airport, runway 16, 5,498 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 828 total, 23 in this make and model, 780 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.13 inHg
- Observed at: AFP

## 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 20071004829799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071004829799A), Oct 4, 2007: Cessna 170A, Wadesboro, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft bounced after touching down. Aircraft veered left, the pilot applied power to correct. Aircraft continued left, departed runway and entered tall…

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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