- Date
- January 7, 2006, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ulysses, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2912DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060107001029A
- Case key
- 63106
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing, resulting in a ground loop.
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
The pilot stated that he lost directional control while landing. Subsequently, the airplane ground-looped and nosed over. The pilot stated that the wind was not a factor in the loss of directional control.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated he lost directional control while landing on runway 12. Subsequently, the airplane ground-looped and nosed over. The pilot stated that the wind was not a factor in the loss of directional control. The pilot sustained minor injuries and passenger was not injured. Examination of the airplane revealed the vertical stabilizer was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2912D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26855
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven W. Weeks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 19S · Sublette, KS
- Destination
- Ulysses, KS
- Airport
- ULS · Ulysses, runway 12
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 17 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.