ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288219
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| Date: | Monday 9 August 2010 |
| Time: | 16:36 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N179MM |
| MSN: | 19423 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3570 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 series |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Farmington Municipal Airport, NM (FMN/KFMN) |
| Salt Lake City, UT (KU42) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he started his cross country flight in the tailwheel-equipped airplane in San Antonio, Texas with two rest stops in Roswell and Farmington, New Mexico. When landing to stop for a third time, the pilot checked the airport's automated weather, which indicated a 'quartering right crosswind†of about 8 knots. The approach and landing were uneventful. During the landing roll a gust of wind struck the airplane and the airplane initiated a right turn. Despite the pilot's control inputs the airplane ground looped, collapsing the left main landing gear and substantially damaging the left wing, fuselage and empennage. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine prior to the accident. The accident airport's automated weather observation system reported at the time of the accident, wind was from 240 at 13 knots. The pilot's total flight time for the day was approximately 8.5 hours.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR10CA394
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 19:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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