# Accident 20081024851139A: Cessna 170A, Butler, MO, October 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: Butler, MO
- Airport: Butler Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2897° N, 94.3403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2897&lon=-94.3403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5773C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5773C-2017-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 10 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081024851139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 18 AT BUTLER MEMORIAL AIRPORT (BUM) IN BUTLER, MISSOURI, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, WEATHER-VANED AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST.  THE WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 240/8, GUSTING TO 12KTS.  AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 18, THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED SUDDENLY AND NOSED INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN09CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA076), Oct 24, 2008: Cessna 170A (N5773C), Butler, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his failure to compensate for wind conditions which resulted in a ground loop.

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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