Cessna 170A N9910A
2 June 2007 · Smithfield, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 June 2007 at about 20:16 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N9910A was involved in an accident near Smithfield, North Carolina, 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 20:16
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Smithfield, North Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Johnston County Airport (JNX)
- Coordinates
- 35.5411, -78.3903
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170A
- Registration
- N9910A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Cross → Smithfield
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC07CA139
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Collapse of the left main landing gear during landing, for undetermined reasons, which resulted in substantial damage during a runway excursion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane landed on a 5,500-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway. About 1,000 feet into the landing roll, the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane initially veered left, then veered right, and came to rest in a grass area off the right side of the runway. The pilot did not report the accident, but a maintenance facility reported it 12 days later. The owner of the maintenance facility stated that four bolts, which secured the left main landing gear wheel to the strut, had sheared. The pilot subsequently stated that the bolts appeared to be "rusty." A request was made for the maintenance facility to have the bolts forwarded to the Safety Board's Materials Laboratory, Washington, D.C. for examination; however, the maintenance facility had already discarded the bolts while repairing the airplane. The airplane had been operated for approximately 40 hours, since its last annual inspection, which was performed about 2 months prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 170 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2007 | Cessna 170 | Spanaway, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Apr 2007 | Cessna 170A | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jun 2007 | Cessna 170 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 2007 | Cessna 170A | Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Nov 2007 | Cessna 170B | Nikolai, Alaska, United States | Richard Anselment | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 2007 | Cessna 170 | Wasilla, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 1,985 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2007 | Boeing 757-225 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | US Airways Inc | No injuries | - |
| 11 Apr 2007 | Culver Aurther L SEAWIND 3000 | Yanceyville, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Jun 2007 | Cessna 172S | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, United States | FlightGest Incorporated | No injuries | - |
| 18 Aug 2007 | Cessna 172L | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Nov 2007 | Let L-33 SOLO | Louisburg, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 2007 | Cessna 172K | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Wilgrove Aviation LLC | Minor injuries | - |