# Accident 19980110000209A: Cessna 170B, Orlando, FL, January 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1998, 12:40 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5494° N, 81.3010° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5494&lon=-81.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48021, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48021-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,248 total, 412 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980110000209A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING ROLL. LEFT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER INOPERATIVE. (-23) ON JANUARY 10, 1998, AT 1300 EST, A CESSNA N48021, OWNED AND OPERATEDBY MR. CLARK L. MORRIS, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED DURING HIS LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS TWO PASSENGERS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT MR. CLARK L. MORRIS, HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING NUMBER, 267317074. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE LEESBURG AIRPORT, NEAR LEESBURG, FLORIDA ON JANUARY 10, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 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 MIA98LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA057), Jan 10, 1998: Cessna 170 (N48021), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the the left brake to operate, due to a bad o-ring; and subsequent failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing rollout, resulting in a ground loop…

## Other reports on N48021 (1)

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

- [Accident 19930521016569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930521016569A), May 21, 1993: Cessna 170B (N48021), Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in crosswind. Weathervaned,ran off runway and nose up.

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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