# Accident 19961214039399A: Cessna 170B, Champaign-Urban, IL, December 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1996, 11:33 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0591° N, 88.2494° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0591&lon=-88.2494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2506C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2506C-2018-10-09) (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: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 30 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961214039399A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL LANDING IN CROSSWIND. EXITED RUNWAY. NOSED OVER. BENT WING SPAR. TOO MUCH CROSSWIND. (-23) WHILE LANDING AT THE WILLARD AIRPORT, SAVOY, IL THE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4L. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. THE STUDENT PILOT WITH A THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, DATED 07/01/96, WAS UNINJURED. THE WIND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 130 @ 15. RUNWAYS 14R AND 4L WERE IN USE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS GIVEN A CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4L, WHICH HE ACCEPTED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MQJ AT 11:30 AM EST.

## 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 CHI97LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA043), Dec 14, 1996: Cessna 170B (N2506C), Savoy, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors relating to this accident were the student pilot's failure to request another runway and the crosswind.

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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