- Date
- September 10, 1989, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cortez, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N170LFCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890910065249A
- Case key
- 17788
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent 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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The plt rprtd that when he landed, the acft was slightly off the rwy centerline, so he compensated by applying rudder. However, he said he over corrected & the acft groundlooped. Subsequently, its right wing contacted the surface & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170LF
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18271
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Crawford Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- 6V6 · Nucla, CO
- Destination
- CEZ
- Airport
- CEZ · Cortez Montezuma, runway 21, 7,105 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 43 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.