- Date
- March 8, 1987, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4570CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870308005059A
- Case key
- 4829
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4570C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25514
- Airframe hours
- 4,692
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Lightner, doing business as Eielson Flying Club
- Registered owner
- John A Berglin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- EIL · Eielson, runway 31, 14,514 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 4 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EIL
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.