Cessna 170B N2619D

Summary

On 28 June 2005 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2619D was involved in an accident near Laurel, Montana, United States. 2 people were 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 2005 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Laurel, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Laurel Municipal (6S8)

Coordinates

45.7031, -108.7611

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N2619D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Laurel → Laurel

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA05CA135

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's diverted attention to talking with the student.

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

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According to the flight instructor, the purpose of the flight was to work on landings. After the student completed two landings on runway 22, the instructor suggested they switch to runway 04 "as the wind sock was showing some movement from the east." The instructor then made two landings on runway 04. During the landing roll of the second landing, she was discussing the landing with the student and looked over at him. The airplane "veered to the right into the grass," and the addition of power did not stop the airplane from ground looping. The left wing and left elevator contacted the ground and sustained structural damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.