# Accident 19811120076909A: Cessna 170B, Sallisaw, OK, November 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sallisaw, OK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4605° N, 94.8079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sallisaw, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4605&lon=-94.8079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2551C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2551C) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 44 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FPM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811120076909A

## Narrative

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

GUSTY CROSSWIND LANDING. LOST CONTROLL. UNABLE TO GET POWER OFF. GROUND LOOPED. UNFAMILIAR WITH VERNIER THROTTLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82FPM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPM07), Nov 20, 1981: Cessna 170B (N2551C), Sallisaw, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2551C (1)

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

- [Accident 19750917029649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750917029649A), Sep 17, 1975: Cessna 170B (N2551C), Tahlequah, OK, Substantial damage. Gr hit taxiway edge.

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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