- Date
- November 2, 1988, 08:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5596CCessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881102049849A
- Case key
- 14309
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The conventional landing gear equipped airplane was substantially damaged when it nosed down after ground looping during a landing attempt. VMC prevailed and a 90 degree right crosswind, blowing at 12 knots, was present. The pilot relates in his statement that after touchdown the airplane turned right and the left wing went down. The airplane nosed down when the main landing gear left the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5596C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19650
- Airframe hours
- 1,830
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cruthers V. Sutton
- Registered owner
- C.V. Sutton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- SUTT · Layfayette, IN
- Airport
- SPI · Capital, runway 4, 7,999 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 68
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,442 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPI
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 N5596C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.