# Incident 20201213018999I: Cessna 170A, Trenton, NJ, December 13, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2020, 14:39 local time
- Place: Trenton, NJ
- Airport: Trenton Mercer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2767° N, 74.8135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRENTON MERCER (TTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2767&lon=-74.8135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1297D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1297D) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 134 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201213018999I

## Narrative

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

ON DEC 13, 2020, C170A, LANDING RUNWAY 24 AT TRENTON-MERCER AIRPORT (TTN), GROUND LOOPED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR, WING STRUT, AND LEFT DOOR.  AT THE TIME OF LANDING, THERE WAS A CROSSWIND FROM 290 AT 9KTS, GUSTING TO 19KTS.

PILOT STATED THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT TTN WAS STABILIZED AND NORMAL, WITH CLEAR VFR CONDITIONS AND A DRY RUNWAY.  DURING ROLLOUT, ALL THREE OCCUPANTS FELT A RUMBLING, THEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT.  AT THAT MOMENT, THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED ?MY AIRPLANE? AND TOOK THE CONTROLS, APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER TO COMPENSATE.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUN CLOCKWISE AND BOUNCED ON THE MAIN GEAR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.  THERE WAS NO WING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND NO PROP STRIKE REPORTED.  UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE WAS BLOWN AND THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS DAMAGED.

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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