20110916021709A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Fairbanks, AK · September 16, 2011

Date
September 16, 2011 · 18:15 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Gold King Creek
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4597C
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC11CA104
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total17 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot ground looped upon landing in calm winds. VMC weather conditions. The pilot has 17 hours in the make and model and 120 hours total flight time. The pilots only flight time in a conventional gear aircraft is the 17 hours in this make and model.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GROUND LOOPED UPON LANDING IN CALM WINDS. VMC WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PILOT HAS 17 HOURS IN THE MAKE AND MODEL AND 120 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME.THE PILOTS ONLY FLIGHT TIME IN A CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT IS THE 17 HOURS IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.