Cessna 170A N5561C

Summary

On 6 April 2006 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N5561C was involved in an accident near Hanford, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 April 2006 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hanford, California, United States

Nearest airport

Hanford Municipal Airport (HJO)

Coordinates

36.3167, -119.6275

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N5561C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hanford → Hanford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06CA137

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane ground looped while on the landing roll. The pilot, who had just purchased the airplane and only had 11 hours experience in tail wheel equipped aircraft, was attempting a wheel landing with no flaps. Upon touchdown, the airplane veered to the left of the runway centerline. The pilot lowered the tail wheel, and as it came into contact with the runway surface, the airplane swerved to the right. The pilot attempted to correct the veering by applying full left rudder input and brake pressure. With the airplane diverging about 30 degrees from the runway centerline, the pilot opted to make a go-around and applied full power. The airplane departed off the right side of the runway into the soft mud of a recently plowed field. The airplane nosed over when the landing gear encountered soft mud.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.