SEA65D0017

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170B · Glenns Ferry, ID · March 8, 1965

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
March 8, 1965
Place
Glenns Ferry, ID · GLENNS FERRY, ID
Injuries
1 fatal, 1 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N1957CCessna 170B
Status
Completed · report June 14, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
179857

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0183   65/3/8    GLENNS FERRY ID     CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 600
        TIME - 1534                    N1957C              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GLENNS FERRY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND

Aircraft

Registration
N1957C
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Glenns Ferry

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.