- Date
- August 31, 1991, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8244ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910831037779A
- Case key
- 15180
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was a crosswind.
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
On landing roll directional control of the tailwheel aircraft was lost. The aircraft ground looped and exited the runway to to the right and struck a berm. Recorded winds fifteen minutes after the accident, 18 nautical miles to the north northeast were 030 degrees at 12 knots, gusts to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8244A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25096
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James M. Patton
- Registered owner
- James M. Patton
- Departed
- C56 · Monee, IL
- Airport
- C18 · Frankfort, runway 9, 3,176 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 145 total · 81 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MDW, 18 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.