20070516824999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Dickinson, ND · May 16, 2007

Date: May 16, 2007 · 12:20 local
Place: Dickinson, ND
Airport: Dickinson - Theodore Roosevelt
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1869C
Reported as: Cessna 170B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total300 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N1869CRegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 26013 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Single occupant pilot was in landing rollout on runway 32. Pilot states right-hand wheel brake locked up after landing causing aircraft to veer right. Action resulted in a "ground-loop" to the right and coming to rest off the side of the runway. Discussion with maintenance personnel on scene shows that right tire has no "flat-spotting" indicating a locked up brake. Damage to aircraft is limited to the left hand, lower section of landing gear being bent in an inboard direction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SINGLE OCCUPANT PILOT WAS IN LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 32. PILOT STATES RIGHT-HAND WHEEL BRAKE LOCKED UP AFTER LANDING CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT. ACTION RESULTED IN A "GROUND-LOOP" TO THE RIGHT AND COMING TO REST OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. DISCUSSION WITH MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ON SCENE SHOWS THAT RIGHT TIRE HAS NO "FLAT-SPOTTING" INDICATING A LOCKED UP BRAKE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IS LIMITED TO THE LEFT HAND, LOWER SECTION OF LANDING GEAR BEING BENT IN AN INBOARD DIRECTION.