# Accident 20250615007649A: Cessna 170B, Fort Morgan, CO, June 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2025, 10:40 local time
- Place: Fort Morgan, CO
- Airport: Fort Morgan Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3354° N, 103.8042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3354&lon=-103.8042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1996C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1996C) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250615007649A

## Narrative

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

APPROACHED RW 14, WIND GUSTING 13-19 KNOTS AT 160. WIND GUST CAUGHT THE RIGHT WING CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT GROUND AND LOOP AROUND, SEVERING THE LEFT GEAR FROM THE GEARBOX. THE PROPELLER ALSO CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING BLADE CURL.

## 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 CEN25LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA210), Jun 15, 2025: Cessna 170B (N1996C), Fort Morgan, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel-equipped airplane during a gusty crosswind landing.

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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