ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299184
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 March 2000 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4653C |
| MSN: | 25597 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4261 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-145-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | LOPEZ ISLAND, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | BELLINGHAM , WA (KBLI) |
| (S31) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 61-hour pilot was executing a landing in his tailwheel-equipped Cessna 170B to a 2,900 foot long asphalt runway 16. Winds at a nearby airport were reported as 220 degrees magnetic at 12 knots, gusting to 22 knots. Just prior to touchdown, the aircraft drifted right of the centerline, touched down, bounced and the tail kicked right. On the third bounce the aircraft's right tire deflated. The aircraft continued to 'skip' down the runway veering further to the left and coming to rest 90 degrees to the centerline on the far left side of the runway. The pilot reported that he had recently acquired the aircraft and had approximately 13 hours of flight experience in tailwheel-equipped aircraft. He also commented that he had not flown in crosswind/gusty conditions of this magnitude during his flight experience, and that there was no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind condition, gusts, and the pilot's overall lack of total (flight and tail wheel) experience.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA00LA058
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 September 1984 | N4653C | Private | 0 | Flatonia, TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 03:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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