- Date
- August 14, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9707ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814041099A
- Case key
- 12362
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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
As the plt applied brakes the acft veered off to the right. He applied left rudder & left brake to no avail, & the acft ground-looped off the right side of the rwy. The left brake outer lining was missing. There were two rivets missing & one rivet had broken. The back plate was very rusty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9707A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19168
- Airframe hours
- 3,437
- Engine
- Continental C145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Lachinski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- Hillman, MN
- Airport
- MIC · Crystal Airport
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 89 in this make and model · 136 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIC
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 N9707A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.