Cessna 170B N3190A

Summary

On 23 April 2006 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N3190A was involved in an accident near Redlands, California, United States. 3 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

23 April 2006 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Redlands, California, United States

Nearest airport

Redlands Municipal (L12)

Coordinates

34.0853, -117.1464

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N3190A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Redlands → Upland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06CA145

Nobody was injured.

the student's inadequate compensation for the crosswind gust and failure to maintain directional control. Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight, and his failure to maintain directional control. A factor was control interference between the two pilots during the initial stages of the loss of control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the takeoff roll the pilots lost directional control of the airplane and swerved off the runway. The airplane was substantially damaged upon hitting a fence and came to rest in a gully 200 to 300 feet north of the runway. The certified flight instructor (CFI) indicated that he was providing dual instruction to his student, and they lost control of the airplane upon encountering a 90-degee, 10-knot, wind gust. He also reported that during the mishap there was control interference difficulties between himself and the student that made regaining control difficult.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.