20161205023519A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Martinsville, VA · December 5, 2016

Date
December 5, 2016 · 15:45 local
Place
Martinsville, VA
Airport
Blue Ridge
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9002A
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA091
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,653 total646 in this make and model14 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.

The pilot landed and started drifting left on the roll out and ground looped the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LANDED AND STARTED DRIFTING LEFT ON THE ROLL OUT AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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