# Incident 20130402005199I: Cessna 170A, Jackson, CA, April 2, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Jackson, CA
- Airport: Westover Field/Amador County A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3768° N, 120.7939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTOVER FLD AMADOR COUNTY (JAQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3768&lon=-120.7939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5596C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5596C) (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 MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130402005199I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 2, 2013, AROUND 1230 PDT, N5596C, A CESSNA C170A TAIL-WHEELED AIRCRAFT, GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 190 AT WESTOVER FIELD/AMADOR COUNTY AIRPORT (JAQ), JACKSON, CA. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS FLIGHT, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM HAYWARD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (HWD), HAYWARD, CA.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE MADE A SLIGHTLY HIGH APPROACH TO RUNWAY 190. THERE WAS A QUARTERING TAIL WIND AT THE TIME. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT LONG AND HARD, AND TAIL LOW. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE WITH A VIGOROUS TAIL-WHEEL SHIMMY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, BUT HE HAD NO RUDDER AUTHORITY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT, GROUND LOOPED, AND CAME TO REST IN THE DIRT OFF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE GROUND LOOP, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

COMMENTS: A SEARCH OF FAA'S DATABASES DID NOT DISCLOSE A VIOLATION, ACCIDENT, OR INCIDENT HISTORY FOR THIS AIRMAN.

RECOMMENDATIONS: 44709

## Other reports on N5596C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170727010109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727010109A), Jul 27, 2017: Cessna 170A (N5596C), San Andreas, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot[privacy data omitted] stated that upon touching down on runway 31 at kcpu (calaveras) that the aircraft "ballooned " after the main landing gear…
- [Accident 19881102049849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881102049849A), Nov 2, 1988: Cessna 170A (N5596C), Springfield, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing as the aircraft weathervaned into the strong right crosswind.

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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