Cessna 170A N5490C

Summary

On 28 June 2009 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N5490C, operated by David M Sandvik SR, was involved in an accident near Kasigluk, Alaska, 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

28 June 2009 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kasigluk, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Kasigluk Airport (Z09)

Coordinates

60.8733, -162.5244

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N5490C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David M Sandvik SR

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kasigluk → Kasigluk

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC09CA059

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot reported he was landing his tailwheel equipped airplane on a gravel airstrip towards the north at the conclusion of a Title 14, CFR Part 91 local personal flight. He said he encountered a gusting crosswind from the west, and was unable to maintain directional control during the landing roll. He went off the side of the runway, and nosed over when he applied the brakes too hard. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The pilot said there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. He also indicated that he should have received more instruction prior to the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.