# Accident 20150513006499A: Cessna 170B, Bentonville, AR, May 13, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2015, 13:40 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Airport: Bentonville, Ar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3453° N, 94.2189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3453&lon=-94.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3488C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3488C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150513006499A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 13, 2015, AT 1350 CST, A CESSNA 170, N3488C, REGISTERED TO POWELL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC., EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL GROUND LOOP AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF AT THE BENTONVILLE, AR., AIRPORT WHILE ON A CFR PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIALLY CERTIFICATED PILOT AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR PILOT WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 GAA15CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA076), May 13, 2015: Cessna 170B (N3488C), Bentonville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a ground loop on takeoff.

## Other reports on N3488C (3)

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

- [Incident 19910207010829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910207010829I), Feb 7, 1991: Cessna 170B (N3488C), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. Lost directional control on a touch and go landing. Veered off runway and ground looped.
- [Incident 19900527028059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900527028059I), May 27, 1990: Cessna 170B (N3488C), Lancaster, TX, Minor damage. After landing turned onto taxiway. Gust of wind turned aircraft and it hit a sign.
- [Incident 19870801052839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870801052839I), Aug 1, 1987: Cessna 170B (N3488C), Denver, CO, Minor damage. The aircraft ground looped and nosed over while turning off the runway after landing.

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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