# NTSB ANC88LA084: Cessna 170B, N2487D, Anchorage, AK, July 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1988, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.179912, -149.880523 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1799&lon=-149.8805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA084

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Propeller blast or jet exhaust/suction, taxi - to takeoff
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - unsafe/hazardous condition warning - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 170 LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKE OFF. THE FAA CONTROL TOWER HAD INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO TAXI BEHIND A TAXIING B-727, AND ISSUED CAUTION: WAKE TURBULENCE. THE IDLE POWER OF THE B-727 CAUSED THE CESSNA 170 PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL. THE LEFT WING OF THE CESSNA WAS LIFTED INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE AND LEFT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2487D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2487D), registered now, S/N 20639, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20639
- Airframe hours: 4312
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Luchini, Bob
- Registered owner: Star Electric Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 26, 1988, 94 hours before
- Airport: ANC, Anchorage

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 356 total, 265 in this make and model, 321 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ANC, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880709025939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880709025939A), Jul 9, 1988: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Taxiing for takeoff,plane nosed up, ground looped when hit by jet blast of B727. Advised PIC to use discretion.

## Other investigations on N2487D (2)

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 ANC91LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA141), Sep 4, 1991: Cessna 170-B (N2487D), Iowa Ridge, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO IDENTIFY THE ROUGH AND UNEVEN, UNSUITABLE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH AND UNEVEN TERRAIN.
- [NTSB ANC83LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA086), May 23, 1983: Cessna 170 (N2487D), Central, AK, substantial damage

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.

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