- Date
- September 21, 1985, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Winnemucca, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1930CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850921073129A
- Case key
- 40244
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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.
Analysis
The plt was attmepting to depart rwy 02 and the wind was from 300 degs at 15 KTS gusting to 20 KTS. Directional control of the acft was not maintained and it veered off the side of the rwy during the takeoff ground run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1930C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26075
- Airframe hours
- 3,971
- Engine
- Franklin O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry G.Sawatzky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1985
- Destination
- 032 · Reedley, CA
- Airport
- WMC · Winnemucca Municipal, runway 2, 5,000 × 120 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 326 in this make and model · 238 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WMC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.