Cessna 170 N2303D

Summary

On 1 September 2018 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N2303D was involved in an accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 2 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

1 September 2018 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Richard Lloyd Jones Jr (RVS)

Coordinates

36.0381, -95.9864

Aircraft

Cessna 170

Registration

N2303D

Category

Airplane

Year built

1952

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sand Springs → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA527

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing, a crosswind lifted the left wing, and the airplane drifted right. The right main landing gear encountered the grass on the right side of the runway, and the airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing lift strut, right aileron, and the empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station located on the airport reported that, about 8 minutes after the accident, the wind was from 150° at 10 knots, gusting to 16 knots. The airplane landed on runway 19.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.