- Date
- October 2, 1992, 12:19 local (19:19 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2515DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921002040089A
- Case key
- 27837
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control and improper use of the flight controls and brakes.
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.
Analysis
A Cessna 170B ground looped during landing roll on runway 11. The air traffic control tower reported the winds were down the runway at 6 knots. The pilot reported that the winds were from the southeast which required a right crab angle while on final approach. On touch down the pilot applied the brakes as the left wing raised lifting its wheel off the ground. The airplane turned right on the right main landing gear and ground looped. The left main landing gear touched down and collapsed bringing the airplane to a halt. The density altitude at the time of the accident was about 7,500 feet MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2515D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20667
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2HO, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Darrah, Lee
- Registered owner
- Darrah, Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- PRC
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A. Love Field, runway 11, 4,408 × 75 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 86 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 1 nm away
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 N2515D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.