- Date
- July 2, 1991, 13:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2765DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910702025609A
- Case key
- 5571
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff ground run and the intentional ground loop by the pilot. The crosswind was a factor in the accident.
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 stated that he encountered a crosswind that caused the airplane to be blown off the left side of the runway during the takeoff ground run. He then intentionally ground looped the airplane to avoid running into a pond of water. The right main landing gear then collapsed, causing the right wing to hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2765D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25307
- Airframe hours
- 4,849
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Neal A. Oppen
- Registered owner
- Oppen Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1990 · 97 hours before
- Destination
- CYXY · White Horse
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CDV · Merle K. Smith Memorial, runway 27, 7,500 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 344 total · 93 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDV, 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.