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| Date: | Sunday 29 July 2012 |
| Time: | 08:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170A |
| Owner/operator: | Pensula Dan |
| Registration: | N4089A |
| MSN: | 18794 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3865 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ellensburg-Bowers Field, WA (ELN/KELN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cle Elum, WA (2W1) |
| Ellensburg-Bowers Field, WA (ELN/KELN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he made a wheel landing on runway 7. As he pulled back on the elevator to lower the tail, the tail came up, and he lost control of the airplane. The airplane veered left, then turned sideways to the direction of travel, and stopped suddenly causing the right wing to contact the ground. No preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures were found that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR12CA333
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 11:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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