Cessna 170A N5765C

Summary

On 30 April 2010 at about 19:50 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N5765C was involved in an accident near Minden, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 April 2010 at 19:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Minden, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Minden-Tahoe Airport (KMEV)

Coordinates

39.0006, -119.7511

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N5765C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carson City → Minden

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10LA221

Nobody was injured.

A main landing gear collapse during the landing roll due to fatigue cracking and corrosion of the strut.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated flight instructor (CFI) stated that, during the instructional flight, the pilot receiving instruction was practicing three-point landings in preparation for his tailwheel endorsement. The first landing was harder than normal due to a higher-than-normal sink rate. During the next landing attempt, the airplane yawed to the left. The CFI took over the airplane controls and corrected toward the runway centerline. While correcting, he heard a loud snapping noise followed by a loud scraping noise and felt the airplane make a sudden left turn. Postaccident examination revealed that the left landing gear strut fractured at the inboard end. Examination of the landing gear fracture surface by an NTSB materials laboratory metallurgist revealed evidence of fatigue cracking, an overstress fracture, and corrosion damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.