# NTSB SEA82DA091: Cessna 170A, N9560A, Oregon City, OR, June 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1982, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Oregon City, OR
- Coordinates: 45.320995, -122.520553 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3210&lon=-122.5206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72100
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72100/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA091

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS BFR. ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO HIS ORIGINAL DEPARTURE POINT, HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A LANDING IN CALM WIND CONDITIONS. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 25 FT ABOVE THE RUNWAY ON FINAL APPROACH, HE ENTERED AN AREA OF DEAD AIR. HE REPORTED THAT HE TRIED TO "POWER OUT", BUT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD. THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE PLANE SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND BROADSIDED A LARGE PINE TREE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9560A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9560A-1983-05-14), registration cancelled 1983-05-14, S/N 19395 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19395
- Airframe hours: 3395
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry J Voss
- Registered owner: Larry J Voss
- Departed: 8S8, OREGON CITY, OR
- Destination: 8S8, OREGON CITY, OR
- Airport: 8S8, Fairways, runway 16, 3,000 × 160 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 336 total, 128 in this make and model, 295 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PDX, 16 nm away

## 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 19820619023399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820619023399A), Jun 19, 1982: Cessna 170A, Oregon City, OR, Destroyed. Leveled off too high. Impact with runway collapsed right gear. Veered off runway into a tree, totaling aircraft.

## Other investigations on N9560A (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW71FRA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71FRA18), Sep 13, 1970: Cessna 170A (N9560A), Pearland, TX, substantial damage

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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