Cessna 170A N3828V

Summary

On 31 December 1985 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N3828V, operated by Eldon J. Augustine, was involved in an accident near Grygla, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 December 1985 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Grygla, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Private (RLA)

Coordinates

48.2904, -95.6104

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N3828V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Eldon J. Augustine

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86LA055

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 AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FITTED WITH OWNER INSTALLD SKIS. DURING LANDING THE LEFT SKI SEPARATES FROM ITS MOUNT ALLOWING THE LEFT SKI MOUNT TO DIG INTO THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK A SNOWBANK AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SKI MOUNT RETAINING WASHER WAS MISSING ALLOWING THE SKI MOUNT TO SLIDE OVER THE RETAINING NUT AND COTTER PIN ON THE AXLE END.HE FURTHER STATED THAT IT WAS EITHER AN OVERSIGHT DURING PREFLIGHT, OR THAT THE WASHER COULD HAVE COME OFF DURING THE LAST LAST FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.