# Accident 20240623006299A: Cessna 170B, Tok, AK, June 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2024, 19:00 local time
- Place: Tok, AK
- Airport: Tok Junction
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3300° N, 142.9540° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3300&lon=-142.9540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2839C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2839C) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 88 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240623006299A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING AND DURING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED CROSSWINDS PROMPTING RUDDER CORRECTION, DURING CORRECTION THE PILOT LOST CONTROL CAUSING A GROUNDLOOP WHICH DAMAGED THE LEFT WING AND AILERON.

## 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 ANC24LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA053), Jun 24, 2024: Cessna 170B (N2839C), Tok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N2839C (1)

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

- [Incident 20130601009779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130601009779I), Jun 1, 2013: Cessna 170B (N2839C), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Pilot was correcting for wind during the landing flare at lake Hood airstrip (Z41), runway 14 and the left wingtip touched the ground. Minor damage to left…

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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