- Date
- June 2, 1991, 20:15 local (Jun 3, 1991, 04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1658DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910602021449A
- Case key
- 5549
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. The unfavorable wind was a related factor.
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 pilot lost directional control of the airplane and ground looped immediately upon touchdown on the runway during variable crosswind conditions. The pilot had requested a landing on another runway on which he would have landed with a headwind. The request was denied by the control tower operator due to conflicting traffic.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1658D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20300
- Airframe hours
- 2,149
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lucius R. Clement
- Registered owner
- Lucius R. Clement
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1990 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage International, runway 14, 10,496 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,250 total · 1,225 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.