Cessna 170B N3210A

Summary

On 13 May 2009 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N3210A, operated by Brindeiro Stephen M, was involved in an accident near Roswell, New Mexico, 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.

Date

13 May 2009 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Roswell International Air Cent (ROW)

Coordinates

33.3014, -104.5306

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N3210A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brindeiro Stephen M

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Artesia → Roswell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA293

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

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

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The pilot was cleared by tower personnel and elected to land with a right quartering tailwind. During the landing roll the tailwheel-equipped airplane began to swerve to the right. The pilot attempted to arrest the swerve by applying full left rudder to no avail. The airplane departed the edge of the runway, nosed over, and came to rest in an inverted position. The vertical stabilizer and rudder sustained structural damage during the accident. There were no reported anomalies with the airplane's flight controls.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.