- Date
- August 1, 1982, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3988VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820801054759A
- Case key
- 70616
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,axle - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,axle - separationCause
Nose over
Analysis
The right axle of the landing gear separated after a normal landing. The gear dug into the ground and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3988V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18307
- Airframe hours
- 3,570
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Posey Aviation
- Registered owner
- Posey Aviation
- Departed
- N1 · Erwinna, PA
- Destination
- N1 · Erwinna, PA
- Airport
- N1 · Van Sant Airport, runway 25, 3,000 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,410 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,249 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.