- Date
- April 8, 1986, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- St George, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2436DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860408087569A
- Case key
- 16946
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The plt stated the acft encountered a crosswind and ground looped during the landing touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2436D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20588
- Airframe hours
- 2,879
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allan E. Muchmore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 1L7 · Escalante, UT
- Airport
- SGU · St. George Municipal, runway 34, 6,100 × 100 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, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 401 total · 201 in this make and model · 326 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.