ANC88LA084
1988-07-09 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport ANC
Current FAA registration · N2487D
- Make / Model
- CESSNA 170B
- Year of manufacture
- 1952 · 36 years old at event
- Engine
- CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 4 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19560209
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A25108
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 170 LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKE OFF. THE FAA CONTROL TOWER HAD INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO TAXI BEHIND A TAXIING B-727, AND ISSUED CAUTION: WAKE TURBULENCE. THE IDLE POWER OF THE B-727 CAUSED THE CESSNA 170 PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL. THE LEFT WING OF THE CESSNA WAS LIFTED INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE AND LEFT WING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1988_ANC88LA084.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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