# NTSB ERA25LA221: Cessna 170, N2607V, Oxford, ME, April 18, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 18, 2025, 14:15 UTC - Place: Oxford, ME - Coordinates: 44.158543, -70.484053 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1585&lon=-70.4841&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 14, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200274 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA221 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200274/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200274 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA221 ## Probable cause The flight instructor’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusty crosswind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 170, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072302), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported that he assumed control of the tailwheel-equipped airplane near the conclusion of the local instructional flight. During the approach to land on runway 15, he observed the wind from 240° at 12 knots with occasional wind gust of 18 knots. During the landing roll with a right crosswind, the airplane encountered a wind gust. The airplane veered left of the runway centerline and its nose rotated right. The pilot applied left rudder and full engine power but was unable to regain directional control. The airplane exited the right side of the runway, traversed through a swale, impacted a culvert, and its left wing impacted the ground as it crossed a taxiway. The airplane came to rest in a grassy area adjacent to the taxiway. The airplane’s fuselage and left wing were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2607V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2607V), registered now, S/N 18117 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 170 - Registry model: [Cessna 170](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (registry code 2072302) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18117 - Year built: 1948 - Airframe hours: 3231.49 - Engines: Continental C145 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 12, 2025, 2 hours before - Airport: 81B, Oxford County Regional Airport, runway 15, 2,997 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 31, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 5,503 total, 33 in this make and model, 4,333 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 61; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 26 total, 1 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 12 knots, gusting 17 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 19 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Turbulence: Moderate - Observed at: LEW, 11 nm away - METAR: KLEW 181756Z AUTO 17012G17KT 10SM CLR 14/M07 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP207 6//// T01441067 10150 20039 56028 PNO $ ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250418004979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250418004979A), Apr 18, 2025: Cessna 170, Oxford, ME, Substantial damage. During wheel landing roll-out, pilot encountered direct crosswind that weathervaned aircraft to the right, off centerline of rwy 15. Pilot applied full power… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200274. 2.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19408185&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120%201%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 619 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18968804&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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