# NTSB NYC86LA222: Cessna 170B, N2292D, Danbury, CT, August 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1986, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30412/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA222

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN, BUT THEN SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY WITH THE TAIL SWINGING TO THE LEFT. HARD LEFT BRAKE WAS APPLIED BUT THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTION CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE TURF STRIKING THE LEFT WING ON THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2292D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2292D-2022-07-05), registration cancelled 2022-07-05, S/N 20444 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20444
- Airframe hours: 2400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mark Zander
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1985
- Departed: 44N, MILLBROOK, NY
- Destination: DXR, DANBURY, CT
- Airport: DXR, Danbury, runway 8, 4,419 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 172 total, 2 in this make and model, 168 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19860830043279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860830043279A), Aug 30, 1986: Cessna 170B, Danbury, CT, Substantial damage. The aircraft bounced on landing and then veered off the side of the runway. Pilot inexperienced in aircraft.

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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