- Date
- May 16, 1990, 20:00 local (May 17, 1990, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Haines, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2300DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900517016529A
- Case key
- 41194
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. Factors related to the accident were: the gusty crosswind condition, and pilot fatigue.
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
As the plt was landing with a gusty x-wind, the acft swerved to the left after touchdown. Subsequently, the right axle failed & the right gear collapsed, then the right wing impacted the ground at the edge of the rwy. The plt rprtd that he may have been fatigued due to his long day of travel & activity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2300D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20452
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Elliott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ORT · Northway, AK
- Destination
- Z26
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Z26 · Haines, runway 8, 4,200 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 770 total · 90 in this make and model · 716 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- Z26
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.