ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308642
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| Date: | Thursday 28 July 2022 |
| Time: | 18:17 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4493B |
| MSN: | 26837 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Engine model: | Continental 0-300 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbank's, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairbank's , AK |
| Fairbank's , AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot in the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, during the takeoff ground roll he did not apply enough right rudder input to compensate for the propellers asymmetric blade effect. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and ground looped. The right wing and horizontal stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR22LA289
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