# Accident 19990630023059A: Cessna 170B, Wasilla, AK, June 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wasilla Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5720° N, 149.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASILLA (IYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5720&lon=-149.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2806C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2806C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC99LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990630023059A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JUNE 30, 1999, ABOUT 1700 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A TUNDRA TIRE EQUIPPED CESSNA 170B AIRPLANE, N2806C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT GROUND LOOPED DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE NEW WASILLA AIRPORT, WASILLA, ALASKA.  THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS A TRAINING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT TOLD THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE, DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ON AUGUST 12, THAT DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 21, THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE INITIALLY SWERVED RIGHT.  THE PILOT SAID HE OVERCORRECTED, THE 29 INCH BY 11 INCH TIRES GRABBED THE WARM, NEWLY SURFACED ASPHALT, AND THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT.  THE RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE FAILED, AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE PILOT DESCRIBED A 90 DEGREE LEFT CROSSWIND OF 10 KNOTS.  RUNWAY 21 MEASURES 3,700 FEET LONG BY 75 FEET WIDE.  THE PILOT HAD ACCUMULATED ABOUT 25 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, ALL IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.   (-23) ON JUNE 30 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1730 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA CE-170-E, N2806C, OPERATING UNDER PART 91 BY A STUDENT PILOT WITH CFI PERMISSION, GROUND-LOOPED AT FULL POWER DURING TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 21, OF THE NEW WASILLA AIRPORT, IN WASILLA, ALASKA. THE STUDENT PILOT, USING A PAVED RUNWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, REPORTED TO HAVE MADE A STEERING CORRECTION WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SHARPLY SPIN LEFT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ALONE AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT IS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. (.4) THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF WITH A 10 KNOT LEFT CROSSWIND. HE TOLD THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE INITIALLY SWERVED RIGHT. THE PILOT SAID HE OVERCORRECTED, AND THE 29 INCH TUNDRA TIRES GRABBED THE WARM, DRY, NEWLY SURFACED ASPHALT. THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT HAD ACCUMULATED 24 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC99LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA112), Jul 1, 1999: Cessna 170B (N2806C), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the takeoff roll. A factor in this accident was the a left crosswind.

## Other reports on N2806C (1)

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

- [Accident 19860630031599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860630031599A), Jun 30, 1986: Cessna 170B (N2806C), Alexander Creek, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft flipped over after encountering soft sand during landing rollout on a river gravel bar.

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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