- Date
- June 4, 2012, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9753ACessna 170A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120604011849A
- Case key
- 83868
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing the airplane encountered a gust of wind and veered left. He stated that he lost control, and the airplane ground looped and sustained substantial fuselage damage. The pilot indicated that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that on landing the airplane encountered a gust of wind and veered left. He stated that he lost control and ground looped. The airplane sustained substantial fuselage damage at the left landing gear attachment. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions. The airport routine weather report showed the wind as 230 degrees at 3 knots about the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9753A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19214
- Airframe hours
- 2,899.7
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot
- Registered owner
- Pilot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 2012
- Departed
- IWS · Houston, TX
- Destination
- EYQ · Houston, TX
- Airport
- EYQ · Weiser Air Park, runway 09, 3,455 × 40 ft
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
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 7, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 17 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- DWH
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 5, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 498 KB in all.
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 N9753A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.