# Accident 19881102049849A: Cessna 170A, Springfield, IL, November 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1988, 08:48 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5596C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5596C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,442 total, 500 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881102049849A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL LANDING AS THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED INTO THE STRONG RIGHT CROSSWIND.

## 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 CHI89LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA021), Nov 2, 1988: Cessna 170A (N5596C), Springfield, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5596C (2)

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

- [Accident 20170727010109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727010109A), Jul 27, 2017: Cessna 170A (N5596C), San Andreas, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot[privacy data omitted] stated that upon touching down on runway 31 at kcpu (calaveras) that the aircraft "ballooned " after the main landing gear…
- [Incident 20130402005199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130402005199I), Apr 2, 2013: Cessna 170A (N5596C), Jackson, CA, Minor damage. On April 2, 2013, around 1230 PDT, N5596C, a Cessna C170A tail-wheeled aircraft, ground looped during landing on runway 190 at Westover field/Amador county…

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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