Cessna 170B N66F

Summary

On 4 May 1986 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N66F, operated by Richard A. Bonci, was involved in an accident near Monticello, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 May 1986 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Monticello Muni (MXO)

Coordinates

42.2307, -91.1908

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N66F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard A. Bonci

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wayne → Monticello

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86LA100

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT FOLLOWING A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN THE WIND PICKED UP AND OVERTURNED THE ACFT. HE HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACFT AND WAS FERRYING IT HOME WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE OWNED A TAILWHEEL ACFT PRIOR TO PURCHASING THIS ONE, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO FURNISH A REGISTRATION NUMBER. THE PLT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD CONSIDERABLE CROSSWIND EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING IN TAILWHEEL TYPE ACFT BUT COULD NOT SUBSTANTIATE THIS CLAIM, NOR WAS THERE ANY RECORDOF FORMAL TRAINING AND TRANSITION BY A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.