- Date
- June 4, 1984, 00:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2372DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840604024909A
- Case key
- 4299
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft ground looped and nosed over during landing. The plt had only about 4 hrs PIC in this acft. She said the acft veered left and she straightened it only to have it veer to the right. One main gear collapsed and the acft ground looped after which it tipped over breaking the windshield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2372D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20524
- Airframe hours
- 3,866
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dawn A. Christy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1983
- Departed
- MCG · Mcgrath, AK
- Airport
- MCG · Mcgrath, runway 34, 5,481 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.