- Date
- March 10, 1985, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Christmasvalley, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9166ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850310006369A
- Case key
- 40126
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,axle - failure,totalCause
Nose over
Analysis
Upon touchdown the left axle broke and the left main gear s eparated from the acft. The acft left the rwy and the nosed over. The plt discovered that the axle had cristalized and then cracked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9166A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18927
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Coe Durland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1985
- Departed
- S21 · Sunriver, OR
- Destination
- 62S · Christmasvalley, OR
- Airport
- 62S · Christmas Valley, runway 7, 4,600 × 100 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,870 total · 475 in this make and model · 1,687 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.