# Accident 20021128033259A: Cessna 170B, Mobile, AZ, November 28, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2002, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mobile, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1681° N, 112.2864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1681&lon=-112.2864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4465B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4465B-2005-04-04) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021128033259A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 28, 2002, ABOUT 1000 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 170B, N4465B, GROUND LOOPED AND NOSED OVER WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT AN ABANDONED AIRSTRIP NEAR MOBILE, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM THE GOODYEAR, ARIZONA, AIRPORT ABOUT 0900 FOR THE LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT. INITIAL ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON THE EVENING OF THE ACCIDENT BY A PERSON THAT REPORTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ABANDONED AIRPLANE LAYING INVERTED ON A DIRT ROAD. SHERIFF PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO TRACE THE AIRPLANE OWNER BY THE REGISTRATION NUMBER. THE PILOT CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD GROUND LOOPED ON THIS STRIP AND COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BERM CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER INVERTED. (-23) PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, WHEN A GUST OF WIND THREW THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOUCHING DOWN. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK A BERM CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP               OVER ON ITS TOP.

## 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 LAX03LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA042), Nov 28, 2002: Cessna 170B (N4465B), Mobile, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper compensation for the crosswind conditions at touchdown and failure to maintain proper alignment of the tail wheel equipped airplane during landing, which resulted in a ground…

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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