ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353917
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| Date: | Sunday 16 August 1998 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2574V |
| MSN: | 18111 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5688 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C145-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boulder, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ogallala, NE (KOGA) |
| (1V5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the pilot approached the airport for a full stop landing, he heard the pilot of another airplane, which was landing on runway 8 report that he had a tail wind during his landing sequence. The pilot 'noticed the wind sock on the east end of the runway was standing straight out in a direction that appeared to be 180 degrees.' The pilot landed on runway 26, but reported having difficulty keeping the airplane aligned with the centerline. He said 'I didn't feel at the time I stood any chance of gaining airspeed to execute a climb.' He performed a ground loop rather then go in the lake on the west end of the runway. One witness reported that immediately after the accident they noticed that the wind was coming from the northeast. The winds at the nearest reporting station, 9 nautical miles southeast, were 180 degrees and 13 knots at 1549 and at 1655, the winds were 150 degrees and 11 knots gusting to 20 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's intentional ground loop and his inadequate compensation for the wind condition. A contributng factor was crosswinds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW98LA360
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 16:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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