- Date
- May 29, 1983, 11:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Roswell, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N113ECessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830529021539A
- Case key
- 20917
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The solo student plt was practicing touch and go landings. According to the plt, after landing and rolling about 200 ft he applied power to takeoff, the acft turned left and then ground looped 180 degrees. The right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N113E
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25992
- Airframe hours
- 3,790
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred Pool III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1983 · 55 hours before
- Airport
- ROW · Roswell Industrial, runway 30, 7,415 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 10 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.