# Accident 20090611025839A: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, June 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2009, 06:43 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N2783D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2783D-2020-10-31) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 10 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090611025839A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED HE AND CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 25 @ APPX. 5.45 AM AND FLEW TO PRACTICE AREA ON WEST SIDE OF COOK INLET. SPENT FLIGHT TIME IN PRACTICE AREA PERFORMING BASIC FLIGHT MANEUVERS, RETURNED TO MERRILL FIELD, CFI HAD CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT SHIP CREEK FOR APPROACH AND LANDING. THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 WAS BOUNCED, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL EVENTUALLY WAS LOST TO THE RIGHT, AIRCRAFT ENTERED GRASS BEFORE GROUNDLOOP AND ENDING UP ON ITS BACK.CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT REGARDING THE EVENTS: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THEY DEPARTED MRI RUNWAY 25 WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND PROCEDED TO PRACTICE AREA WHERE THEY PERFORMED BASIC MANEUVERS. RETURNING TO MRI WITH 1200' CEILING. CFI STATED HE WAS IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 07. HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAINS "WHEEL LANDING NO BOUNCE" QUARTERING TAIL WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT, LOSING CONTROL OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. AIRCRAFT THEN GROUND LOOPED AND FLIPPED ON ITS BACK.

## 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 ANC09LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA053), Jun 11, 2009: Cessna 170B (N2783D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's decision to land with a tailwind, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a ground-loop and nose-over.

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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