# NTSB NYC83LA136: Cessna 170A, N5545C, Chatham, MA, June 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 2, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Chatham, MA
- Location: 41.6739° N, 69.9629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chatham, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6739&lon=-69.9629&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): 35198
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35198/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA136

## 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)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT VEERED ONTO THE GRASS AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING. THE PILOT SAID A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE TAIL OF THE ACFT AND TURNED IT 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AS A CORRECTIVE ACTION THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE LANDING WAS ON RUNWAY 6 AND THE WIND WAS FROM 350 DEGREES AT 12 KTS GUSTING TO 22 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5545C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5545C), registered now, S/N 19598, 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 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19598
- Airframe hours: 2388
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: George J. Enman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 15, 1983, 0 hours before
- Departed: 0B6, CHATHAM, MA
- Airport: 0B6, Chatham, runway 6, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 61 total, 36 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 12 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830602022299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830602022299A), Jun 2, 1983: Cessna 170A, Chatham, MA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing in strong crosswind conditions.

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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