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| Date: | Thursday 6 August 2009 |
| Time: | 13:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170A |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N9793A |
| MSN: | 19254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2966 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C145 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aurora, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Poplar Grove, IL (C77) |
| Aurora Municipal Airport, IL (ARR/KARR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot executed a normal traffic pattern for a "wheels landing" in the conventional landing gear airplane. After touchdown, the pilot applied a "little forward pressure to the yoke to keep the tail up..." The pilot reported the tail encountered a gust of wind from the left and he applied right rudder for correction. Subsequently, the airplane skidded off the left side of the runway and impacted a ditch. The right wing, right horizontal stabilizer, and fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN09CA508
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 2024 | N9793A | Private | 0 | Dowagiac Municipal Airport (C91), Dowagiac, MI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 14:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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