ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353310
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| Date: | Friday 21 May 1999 |
| Time: | 14:12 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-11 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N78659 |
| MSN: | 11-1420 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5227 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C90-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leesburg, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | York, PA (KTHV) |
| (KJYO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The certified flight instructor was introducing the commercial pilot to tailwheel operations. The commercial pilot had accomplished approximately six landings in the airplane. During the next landing, the pilots experienced a crosswind, followed by a tailwind. The airplane stalled, bounced, and traveled off the left side of the runway. The instructor stated that he took control of the airplane, prevented a ground loop, but was unable to keep the airplane on the runway. The airplane struck a runway sign, causing substantial damage to the empennage.
Probable Cause: The pilot-in-command's (CFI) failure to maintain control of the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC99LA117
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 2024 | N78659 | Private | 0 | Furnace Creek Airport (L06), Death Valley, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 12:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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