# Accident 20110916021709A: Cessna 170B, Fairbanks, AK, September 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2011, 18:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Gold King Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8089° N, 147.8539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8089&lon=-147.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4597C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4597C) (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 C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110916021709A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ANC11CA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA104), Sep 17, 2011: Cessna 170B (N4597C), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience/training in tailwheel-equipped airplanes.

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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