# NTSB CHI88LA161: Cessna 170B, N8048A, Rockford, IL, July 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1988, 11:43 local (16:43 UTC)
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Location: 42.1954° N, 89.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL (RFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1954&lon=-89.0972&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14112
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14112/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA161

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8048A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8048A), registered now, S/N 20900, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20900
- Airframe hours: 2883
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Earl W. Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 2, 1987, 43 hours before
- Departed: TAYLORVILLE, IL
- Airport: RFD, Greater Rockford, runway 36, 8,199 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 145 total, 52 in this make and model, 87 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RFD, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880708026109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880708026109A), Jul 8, 1988: Cessna 170B, Rockford, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control on touchdown and flipped over. Pilot reported a wind gust raised a wing. Had a 9 knot crosswind.

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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