- Date
- March 10, 1985, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Perkasie, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N170ASCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850310006299A
- Case key
- 35840
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft ground looped to the right after touchdown. The left gear collapsed and the aircraft spun to the left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170AS
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19824
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A1, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G. Randall Eckhart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1984
- Departed
- N70 · Pennridge, PA
- Airport
- N70 · Pennridge, runway 26, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 122 in this make and model · 139 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.