ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362679
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| Date: | Saturday 14 November 1992 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2836C |
| MSN: | 26379 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3766 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kankakee, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KIKK) |
| (KIKK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN HIS TAILWHEEL CONFIGURED AIRPLANE. DURING THE LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT STATED HIS WING WAS PICKED UP BY THE WIND DURING THE FLARE FOR LANDING TOUCHDOWN. THE WIND, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WAS AN APPROXIMATE 50 DEGREE CROSSWIND AT NINE KNOTS GUSTING TO ABOUT THIRTEEN KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AFTER HE LEVELED THE WINGS. THE LANDING ROLL WAS NOT PARALLEL WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY EDGE, ITS TIRES SANK INTO THE SOFT GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITNESS STATED THE WINDS WERE UNUSUALLY VARIABLE DURING THE TIMEFRAME OF THE ACCIDENT EVENT. HE STATED HE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING STRIKE THE GROUND AND CARTWHEEL, ENDING UP WITH ITS NOSE AND LEFT WINGTIP ON THE GROUND.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND NOT OBTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PRIOR TO LANDING TOUCH DOWN IN A CROSSWIND CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93LA032
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 March 2017 | N2836C | Private | 0 | Private airstrip in Newton County east of Jasper, AR | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 09:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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