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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Cortez, CO · September 10, 1989

Date: September 10, 1989 · 11:30 local
Place: Cortez, CO
Airport: Cortez-Montezuma County
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N170LF
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN89LA225
Reported as: Cessna 170
Reported engine: Continental C1452
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 45 total43 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student lost control of aircraft on landing and ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING AND GROUND LOOPED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN89LA225Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCortez, COFailure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.Sep 10, 1989 · Substantial damage