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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Newburyport, MA · April 7, 1991

Date
April 7, 1991 · 11:40 local
Place
Newburyport, MA
Airport
Plum Island Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3108A
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC91LA105
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C1452
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
312 total250 in this make and model15 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.

Weathervaned into gusty crosswind on takeoff. Struck tree 875 ft from runway and ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

WEATHERVANED INTO GUSTY CROSSWIND ON TAKEOFF. STRUCK TREE 875 FT FROM RUNWAY 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.