Cessna 170 N170W
10 June 2018 · Benson, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 June 2018 at about 16:45 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N170W was involved in an accident near Benson, Arizona, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Benson, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Benson Muni (E95)
- Coordinates
- 31.9994, -110.3581
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170
- Registration
- N170W
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1953
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Benson → Benson
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA339
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, during the landing roll, the tailwheel-equipped airplane veered left and began to bounce. He applied right rudder correction, which quickly turned the airplane right toward the centerline, and he then applied left rudder to realign with the runway heading. He increased the engine power setting to full to perform a go-around, but the airplane, during its third bounce, ground looped to the left. The right wing impacted the ground, and the airplane came to rest on its right side with the wing at a 90° angle. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that the automated weather observation system located on the airport reported that, about 15 minutes before the accident, the wind was light and variable at 2 knots, gusting to 5 knots. The airplane landed on runway 28.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 170 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2018 | Cessna 170 | Big Lake, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Dec 2018 | Cessna 170 | Riggins, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 2018 | Cessna 170 | Prineville, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 2018 | Cessna 170 | Spearfish, South Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 2018 | Cessna 170 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 2018 | Cessna 170 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,985 records for this type
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