# Accident 20170628008739A: Cessna 170B, Alamogordo, NM, June 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2017, 13:15 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8394° N, 105.9911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8394&lon=-105.9911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2774D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2774D) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA382) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170628008739A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 28, 2017, AT 1315 MST, A 1952 CESSNA 170B, N2774D, REGISTERED TO SASQUATCH AIR LLC, LOST CONTROL DURING A PRACTICE WHEEL LANDING WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALAMOGORDO, NM.

## 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 GAA17CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA382), Jun 28, 2017: Cessna 170 (N2774D), Alamogordo, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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