20250720011539A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Faith, SD · July 20, 2025

Date
July 20, 2025 · 12:50 local
Place
Faith, SD
Airport
Faith Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3443C
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA315
Reported as
Cessna 170B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total210 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crosswind on landing, lost directional control on touch down and ground looped aircraft.

METAR KD07 201856Z auto 11011T 21/18 A2993 rmk A01 SLP125 T02060183

As the FAA filed it

CROSSWIND ON LANDING, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TOUCH DOWN AND GROUND LOOPED AIRCRAFT.

METAR KD07 201856Z AUTO 11011T 21/18 A2993 RMK A01 SLP125 T02060183

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.