- Date
- July 17, 1983, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3033ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830717032899A
- Case key
- 39731
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during an aborted takeoff. The pilot stated that the acft was subjected to a gusty tailwind just before takeoff and the acft started to skip and skid with the nose to the left. The pilot started abort procedures and said the tail of the acft continued to rise until the acft nosed over. There was no record of significant weather at theaccident site. Weather data remarks show cumulonimbus clouds to the west of the airport.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3033A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25677
- Airframe hours
- 3,894
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. L. Smithhart, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1982 · 17 hours before
- Destination
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- ELN · Bowers, runway 7, 5,847 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 93 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 8° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 30 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.