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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1989 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Ernest Rowehl |
| Registration: | N727Z |
| MSN: | 25542 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5127 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Burlington, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Farmingdale, NY |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE RUNWAY HAS A CROWN. THERE WAS CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT. AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT, BUT STILL ON THE RUNWAY. AS IT PASSED OVER THE CROWN, THE PILOT SAW A STEEL DRUM AHEAD AND WAS UNABLE TO AVOID IT. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE DRUM AND GROUNDLOOPED. THE DRUM WAS PLACED ON THE RUNWAY BY UNKNOWN PERSONS TO MARK A POTHOLE AREA OF THE RUNWAY. NO NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED. THE RUNWAY WAS IN A POOR STATE OF REPAIR.
Probable Cause: THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDING WITH A STEEL DRUM PLACED ON THE RUNWAY BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S) TO MARK A POTHOLE AREA.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC90LA005
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 19:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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