# Accident 20030813019869A: Cessna 170B, La Belle, FL, August 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Airport: La Belle Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7442° N, 81.4325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7442&lon=-81.4325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2987D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2987D) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03CA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030813019869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) GROUND LOOP ON TAKEOFF ROLL, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO 36 INCHES OF RIGHT WING TIP AND AILERON, RIGHT ELEVATOR AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BENT AND TORN. BOX HOLDING RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STEEL GEAR LEG IN FUSELAGE, IS DISPLACED. PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL DURING SLIGHT CROSS WIND, DEPARTED RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED. PILOT STATED HE MAY HAVE MOMENTARILY PUSHED THE WRONG RUDDER PEDDLE THUS AGGRAVATING THE GROUND LOOP. COUNSELED PILOT ON SCENE AND COUNSELED INSTRUCTOR, JOHN CARLTON, CFI 185099 AT FSDO.

## 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 MIA03CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03CA165), Aug 13, 2003: Cessna 170B (N2987D), La Belle, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff resulting in ground looping and substantial damage.

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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