- Date
- August 26, 1991, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Heber City, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4653CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910826036729A
- Case key
- 41523
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing ground roll. A factor relating to the accident was the crosswind weather conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft swerved off the rwy during landing roll in x-wind wx conditions, ground looped, and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4653C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17025597
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barry L. Yoseph
- Registered owner
- Barry L. Yoseph
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Airport
- 36U · Heber Valley, runway 21, 4,400 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,806 total · 950 in this make and model · 137 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 31 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 N4653C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.