Accident Cessna 170A N3865V, Friday 3 September 1999

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Date:	Friday 3 September 1999
Time:	12:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 170A
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N3865V
MSN:	18752
Total airframe hrs:	4904 hours
Engine model:	Continental C145-2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Brady, TX - United States of America
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Eastland, TX (KETN)
Destination airport:	(KBBD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot misjudged his speed and distance from a dirt mound during taxi after landing, and the airplane's left main landing gear and wing impacted the dirt mound.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a dirt bank.

Accident investigation: