- Date
- June 28, 1978
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2619DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780628019609A
- Case key
- 140798
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2552 78/6/28 ROCK SPRINGS,WY CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 363 TIME - 1130 N2619D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALLA WALLA,WA ROCK SPRINGS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PEAK GUSTS 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2619D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock Springs
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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 N2619D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR13CA117Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSunburst, MTThe pilot's failure to compensate for the strong, gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of airplane control during takeoff.NTSB SEA07LA020Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBillings, MTThe flight instructor's inadequate remedial action to maintain directional control, which resulted in a ground loop/swerve during takeoff roll. A factor was the failure of the pilot who was receiving instruction to maintain directional control.NTSB SEA05CA135Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLaurel, MTThe flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's diverted attention to talking with the student.