# Incident 20171210022949I: Cessna 170, Winter Haven, FL, December 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2017, 14:45 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0222° N, 81.7329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winter Haven, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0222&lon=-81.7329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4180V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4180V-2019-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 119 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171210022949I

## Narrative

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

A 1948 CESSNA, 170 AIRCRAFT LEFT ITS HOME BASE AIRPORT AT PILOT COUNTRY (X05). THE CREW OF TWO FLEW TO BROOKSVILLE (KBKV) TO COMPLETE SOME TOUCH AND GOES BEFORE CONTINUING ON INTO WINTER HAVEN. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THE NORTH AND FAVORED RUNWAY 5 IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. IT WAS STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL HOWEVER, WHEN THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AN APPARENT GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT WITH AN ATTEMPTED GROUND LOOP. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THE FULLY DEVELOPED GROUND LOOP BUT, NOT BEFORE THE PLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE LEFT SIDE LEADING EDGE OF THE STABILATOR CONTACTED A RUNWAY MARKER SIGN. THERE WAS NO OTHER AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE PEOPLE ON BOARD. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THE PILOT?S SIDE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND BUCKLING  TO THE LEADING EDGE, WITH NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. THE MARKER SIGN WAS DISLODGED FROM THE BASE AND WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT.

## Other reports on N4180V (1)

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

- [Accident 20011005029229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011005029229A), Oct 5, 2001: Cessna 170 (N4180V), Bennettsville, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) The flight began at the moore county airport, NC. The pilot stated that he and a friend went to stanton's fly-in barbeque, near Bennettsville, SC. Upon…

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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