# Accident 19980321007309A: Cessna 170B, Dillingham, AK, March 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1998, 17:18 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.8204° N, 157.8600° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8204&lon=-157.8600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3179B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3179B) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 90 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980321007309A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT BOUNCED LANDING. LOST CONTROL. GROUND LOOPED. CO OWNER PRIVATE PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT. (.4)THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND WAS SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT.  HE DID NOT HOLD A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.  THE AIRPLANE'S CO-OWNER WAS A STUDENT PILOT AND WAS SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT.  DURING THE SECOND TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, WITH THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND ALLOWING THE STUDENT PILOT TO MANIPULATE THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT.  THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED DOWN.                                        (-23) ON MARCH 21, 1998, A CESSNA CE-170B, N3179B WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S AT DILLINGHAM AIRPORT, DILLINGHAM, ALASKA. ON THE SECOND LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT WING TIP DRAGGED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED DOWN CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC98LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA028), Mar 21, 1998: Cessna 170B (N3179B), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's decision to relinquish controls to the student pilot in the left seat during practice landings, and the pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor…

## Other reports on N3179B (1)

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

- [Incident 19860522038869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860522038869I), May 22, 1986: Cessna 170B (N3179B), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. During 3 point landing aircraft veered, cartwheeled and came to rest on its nose in the center of the runway.

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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