# NTSB CHI81FEE15: Cessna 170B, N4362B, Roscoe, IL, December 24, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 24, 1980
- Place: Roscoe, IL · ROSCOE, IL
- Location: 42.4256° N, 89.0095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roscoe, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4256&lon=-89.0095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 2, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81FEE15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE15

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3327  80/12/24   ROSCOE,IL           CESSNA 170B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1100                    N4362B              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  51, 9645 TOTAL HOURS, 650
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HONONEGAH AERO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROSCOE,IL                   LA CROSSE,WI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 31KTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4362B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4362B), registered now, S/N 26706, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hononegah Aero

## 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 19801224080829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801224080829A), Dec 24, 1980: Cessna 170B, Roscoe, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot taxiing for takeoff on slippery taxiway. Ground-looped & aircraft inverted.

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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