Accident Cessna 170B N4473B, Friday 10 September 1993

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Date:	Friday 10 September 1993
Time:	15:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 170B
Owner/operator:	Gerald & Genevee Broshar
Registration:	N4473B
MSN:	26817
Year of manufacture:	1955
Engine model:	Continental O-300-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gilbertsville, KY - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Anderson, IN (KAID)
Destination airport:	(M34)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 170B, N4473B, LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND. HE SAID THAT DURING THE FLARE, THE WIND BLEW THE PLANE TO THE LEFT. DURING TOUCHDOWN, ITS LEFT WING HIT THE RUNWAY & THE PLANE ANGLED TO THE LEFT, CROSSED A PARALLEL TAXIWAY, ENTERED A RAMP AREA, AND HIT A PARKED PIPER PA-28, N6947J. THE CESSNA'S PROP SEVERED THE LEFT WING OF THE PA-28, OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT GEAR. NO PRE-ACCIDENT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS EVIDENT. ABOUT 23 MILES WEST AT PADUCAH, KY, THE 1550 EDT WEATHER WAS IN PART: 1500 FT SCATTERED, 15 MI VISIBILITY, WIND FROM 350 DEG AT 11 KTS.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE CROSSWIND WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Accident investigation: