# Accident 19970930040789A: Cessna 170A, Oklahoma City, OK, September 30, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1997, 16:46 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4493° N, 97.5691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4493&lon=-97.5691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10433, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10433) (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: 200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970930040789A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY LANDING IN CROSSWING. LEFT MAIN AXLE BROKE. WING HIT GROUND. 170 IN POOR CONDITION. RUST CORRODOD. (-23) N10433 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35L AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT. WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 060 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING AS NORMAN. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT INTO A "SLOW" GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AFTER TURNING LESS THAN 180 DEGREES. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND AXLE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT (SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT BY MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR DON COOK). STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD OF THE WING STRUT.

## 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 FTW97LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA372), Sep 30, 1997: Cessna 170A (N10433), Oklahoma City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions resulting in an inadvertent groundloop. Factors were the crosswind, the pilot's lack of total experience in make and model, the…

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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