Cessna 170 N1396D
2 June 2022 · Houston, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 June 2022 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N1396D was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, United States. One person was 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Houston Southwest Airport (AXH)
- Coordinates
- 29.5061, -95.4769
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170
- Registration
- N1396D
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1951
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Winnie → Arcola
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN22LA236
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s inability to compensate for a downdraft during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and subsequent loss of directional control.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing the airplane encountered a downdraft. The airplane bounced twice and jerked to the left before the pilot attempted to abort the landing. The airplane departed the runway to the left and then returned back to the runway where the left main landing gear separated from the fuselage. The airplane came to rest on its right main wheel, tail wheel, and left wing, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing spar. The left landing gear damage was consistent with impact and overload separation. A review of the maintenance records did not reveal any maintenance to the left landing gear attach point. Examination of the airplane did not reveal any evidence of a pre-impact anomaly that would have precluded normal operations. It is likely that the landing gear separated from the airplane due to impact forces during the landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2022 | Cessna 170B | Boise, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 24 Apr 2022 | Cessna 170B | Ravensdale, Washington, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 2022 | Cessna 170A | Hardin, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jul 2022 | Cessna 170B | Fairbank's, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 2022 | Cessna 170B | Big Lake, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,985 records for this type
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