Accident Cessna 170A N1344D, Friday 7 December 1990

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Date:	Friday 7 December 1990
Time:	16:45 LT
Type:	Cessna 170A
Owner/operator:	Kenneth Daniel
Registration:	N1344D
MSN:	19920
Year of manufacture:	1951
Engine model:	Continental C-145-2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Welsh, LA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
DURING THE LANDING ROLL A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT GROUND LOOPED, AND FLIPPED OVER.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WIND.

Accident investigation: