# Accident 20040529010509A: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, May 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2004, 10:13 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2136° N, 149.8445° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2136&lon=-149.8445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2514D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2514D) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 18 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529010509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A WHEEL LANDING TO THE DPE FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED THE A/C.

## 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 ANC04LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA062), May 29, 2004: Cessna 170B (N2514D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and subsequent structural damage to the airplane when it struck the runway.

## Other reports on N2514D (1)

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

- [Accident 20000623042399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000623042399A), Jun 23, 2000: Cessna 170B (N2514D), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) According to the pilot, she was conducting takeoff and landings at the new Wasilla Airport. During the last landing rollout the aircraft started to yaw…

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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