- Date
- May 1, 1985, 16:00 local (May 2, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder City, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2518DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850501015149A
- Case key
- 40150
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival, a person answering the UNICOM reported that rwy 3 was the active rwy & that the wind was 10 KTS. The plt made a wheel landing on rwy 3 in winds that were from 210 deg at 10 KTS. He stated that when the tailwheel came down during the landing roll, the acft was blown toward the left. After veering left, the acft collided with a tied down glider & went into a 4 ft deep ditch. Several persons noted that there were dust devils on the arpt at or near the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2518D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20670
- Airframe hours
- 3,938
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur Kimball
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 17, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- L26 · Hesperia, CA
- Destination
- BLD
- Airport
- BLD · Boulder City, runway 3, 3,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 676 total · 13 in this make and model · 525 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2518D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.