- Date
- June 19, 1985, 07:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4570CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850619030379A
- Case key
- 4502
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of recent total experienceCause
Analysis
Plt lost control on landing and ground looped. Wx and field conditions not a factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4570C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25514
- Airframe hours
- 4,292
- Engine
- Continental O-360D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John A. Berglin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1985
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks International
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 50 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4570C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC87LA046Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFairbanks, AKThe plt lost control of the acft after the tail was raised during takeoff. The acft groundlooped and collided with a snow bank which damaged the rt wing, landing gear and elevator.NTSB ANC70FAA10Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCollege, AKNTSB CHI67F0060Accident · No injuriesClosedGrand Rapids, MI