ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291048
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| Date: | Saturday 16 May 2015 |
| Time: | 09:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Roger Anderson |
| Registration: | N7347D |
| MSN: | 22-5138 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3281 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Talkeetna, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Talkeetna, AK |
| Talkeetna, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and private pilot were practicing takeoffs and landings in a float-equipped airplane. The flight instructor stated that on the seventh approach to landing, the private pilot misjudged the airplane's rate of descent, and struck the top of a spruce tree with the right elevator resulting in a full up deflection of the elevator. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent, and impacted the water in a flat stalled condition sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage and elevator. The flight instructor stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The private pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a spruce tree during final approach, which resulted in a loss of control and hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's failure to adequately monitor the landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC15CA026
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 March 2016 | N7347D | Christiansen Lake Rentals & Maintenance LLC | 0 | North of Talkeetna, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Oct-2022 08:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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