# Accident 20201218018229A: Cessna 170A, Albion, NE, December 18, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2020, 12:00 local time
- Place: Albion, NE
- Airport: Albion Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7286° N, 98.0558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7286&lon=-98.0558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9590A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9590A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,160 total, 503 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201218018229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT?S STATEMENT. "SINCE THE COVID-19 VIRUS, MY FLYING HAS BEEN LIMITED. I'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME SCHEDULING MY PLANE'S ANNUAL. UPON RECENTLY GETTING A CONFIRMATION DATE OF JANUARY 4, 2021, I FELT I NEEDED TO GET SOMEWHAT CURRENT AGAIN.  FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 2020 I DECIDED TO DO SOME TOUCH AND GOES. IT WAS A NICE MORNING WITH A SLIGHT BREEZE OUT OF THE SOUTH. I DID MY PRE-FLIGHT AND TAXIED TO RUNWAY 15. FOLLOWING MY RUN-UP AND FINAL CHECKS, I OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK STILL LIGHT AND VARIABLE BUT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST, I DEPARTED 15, FLEW THE PATTERN AND DID AN UNEVENTFUL TOUCH AND GO. UPON CLIMBOUT I DECIDED TO CIRCLE THE TOWN OF ALBION. FOLLOWING MY FLIGHT AROUND TOWN, I RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT, ENTERING A LEFT DOWNWIND, BASE AND FINAL FOR 15. UPON TOUCHING DOWN WITH A WHEEL LANDING, I FELT THE REAR OF THE PLANE MOVE TO MY LEFT, FORCING THE NOSE TO GO TO THE RIGHT, THE PLANE BOUNCED ONCE, GROUND LOOPED, THEN SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. UPON REACHING THE GRASS, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BUCKLED UNDER, FORCING THE PROP AND LEFT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND. I EXITED THE PLANE THROUGH THE OPENED PILOT'S DOOR AND NOTICED SOME PAPERS WHICH HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE OPEN DOOR WERE BLOWING AWAY TO THE SOUTH. THAT WAS MY FIRST INDICATION THAT THE WINDS HAD SWITCHED TO THE NORTH.  WEATHER DATA LATER SHOWED THAT THE WINDS WENT FROM CALM, 36 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, TO OUT OF THE SOUTH-WEST AND EVENTUALLY OUT OF 320 DEGREES, FOUR MINUTES FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT."

PILOT FAILED TO NOTICE A WIND SHIFT THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN HIS FIRST AND SECOND PATTERNS.  WIND CHANGED FROM LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO TAILWIND.

COUNSELING CONDUCTED BY NTSB INVESTIGATOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  NO ADDITIONAL ACTION PLANNED.

## 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 CEN21LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA097), Dec 18, 2020: Cessna 170 (N9590A), Albion, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing with a tailwind.

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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