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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC86LA064

1986-02-23 GARDNER, Kansas, United States Airport · K34 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1493D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 170A

Year of manufacture

1951 · 35 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550907

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0C6E4

Registrant of record

JOBE WAYLEN MARK

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE IP AND STUDENT HAD BEEN PRACTICING LANDINGS AT ANOTHER AIRPORT AND WAS LANDING AT THIS AIRPORT FOR FUEL. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND AT THE AIRPORT AND THE IP MADE THE APPROACH AND LANDING. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE TOUCHDOWN WAS THREE POINT IN THE CESSNA 170A AND IT ROLLED STRAIGHT FOR SOME DISTANCE, THEN STARTED A GRADUAL TURN TO THE RIGHT AND CONTINUED UNTIL IT IMPACTED TWO PARKED AIRPLANES. HEAVY SKID MARKS FROM THE LEFT TIRE WERE FOUND ON AND ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY. INVESTIGATION INDICATED PARTIAL FAILURE OF THE STEERABLE TAILWHEEL. THE TAILWHEEL WOULD NOT STAY IN THE LOCKED POSITION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_MKC86LA064.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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