# Incident 19790430100899I: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, April 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1979, 07:15 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2300D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2300D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 27 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790430100899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TOUCH AND GO DUE TO BLOWN TIRE.

## Other reports on N2300D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900517016529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900517016529A), May 17, 1990: Cessna 170B (N2300D), Haines, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Over controlled,side loads failed,axle and gear collapsed. No wind gust noted

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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