# Accident 20250823012459A: Cessna 170, Fitchburg, MA, August 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2025, 09:50 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5522° N, 71.7570° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5522&lon=-71.7570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2589V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2589V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 175 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250823012459A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 23, 2025,  A CESSNA 170  WAS MAKING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT FITCHBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN MASSACHUSETTS.   THE AIRCRAFT ATEMPTED A LANDING AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THEN SWERVED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER.  (GROUND LOOPED) THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO INJURIES.

## 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 ERA25LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA312), Aug 23, 2025: Cessna 170 (N2589V), Fitchburg, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering 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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