Cessna 170B N2806C

Summary

On 1 July 1999 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2806C, operated by Robert W. Cellars, was involved in an accident near Wasilla, 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

1 July 1999 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wasilla, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

New Wasilla (IYS)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N2806C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert W. Cellars

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC99LA112

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the takeoff roll. A factor in this accident was the a left crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot was attempting to takeoff with a 10 knot left crosswind. He told the NTSB investigator-in-charge the airplane's nose initially swerved right. The pilot said he overcorrected, and the 29 inch tundra tires grabbed the warm, dry, newly surfaced asphalt. The airplane ground looped to the left, collapsing the right main landing gear assembly, and damaging the right wing. The pilot had accumulated 24 hours of total flight experience at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.