# Accident 20221008016549A: Cessna 170B, Monument Valley, UT, October 8, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2022, 14:00 local time
- Place: Monument Valley, UT
- Airport: Monument Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0167° N, 110.2007° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0167&lon=-110.2007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1961C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1961C) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,532 total, 109 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221008016549A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THEN IT LEFT THE RUNWAY HITTING SOFT SAND DUNES, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP IN A FLAT SPIN. THIS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING PROPELLER STRIKE DAMAGE, DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE, AND BOTH WING TIPS BEING WRINKLED. THE LANDING GEAR BOX WAS DAMAGED AND RIPPED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH LANDING GEAR LEGS WERE BENT BACKWARDS. THE PILOT STATED THAT WINDS WERE REPORTED AS LIGHT BUT OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 10 KNOTS IN A QUARTERING DIRECTION.

## 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 WPR23LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA011), Oct 8, 2022: Cessna 170B (N1961C), Monument Valley, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during the landing flare in gusting wind and subsequent loss of directional control during the landing roll.

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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