# NTSB WPR25LA270: Cessna 170A, N1755D, Everett, WA, August 27, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 27, 2025, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC) - Place: Everett, WA - Coordinates: 47.908838, -122.28563 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9088&lon=-122.2856&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 20, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200921 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA270 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200921/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200921 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA270 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in crosswind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 184 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 170A, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072304), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported that while landing with a crosswind the airplane bounced and while airborne she felt a wind gust. Subsequently, the airplane touched down and veered to the right into the wind. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and applied full left rudder then applied left brake. Despite her efforts the airplane ground looped, and the left wing contacted the runway surface resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that could have precluded normal operation. At about the time of the accident, the airplane was landing on runway 16R, with the wind variable from 230° to 270° at 6-8 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1755D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1755D), registered now, S/N 20198, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A - Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20198 - Year built: 1951 - Engines: Continental Motors O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Boeing Employees Flying Association - Registered owner: Mh Air Ventures LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: PAE, Seattle Paine Fld Intl, runway 16R/34L, 9,010 × 150 ft, concrete - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 8, 2025; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 6,502 total, 61 in this make and model, 6,337 as pilot in command, 194 in the last 90 days, 70 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours - Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 4, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 97 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 8 knots, gusting 3 - Lowest ceiling: none - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Icing: Unknown - Turbulence: Unknown - Observed at: KPAE - METAR: METAR KPAE 272153Z 23007KT 10SM CLR 23/14 A3002 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Incident 20250827010809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827010809I), Aug 27, 2025: Cessna 170A, Everett, WA, Minor damage. CFI providing instruction to student. After touchdown, the aircraft bounced back into the air. While back in the air, a gust of wind turned the aircraft to the… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200921. 2.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19530007&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array-courtesy of the pilot and FAA (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 4 photos, 448 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19530413&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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