ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359190
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 March 1995 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170A |
| Owner/operator: | Paul Spiro |
| Registration: | N1364D |
| MSN: | 19940 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1813 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL C145-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | , AK (Z41) |
| (Z40) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT A GRAVEL AIRSTRIP THAT HAD SNOWBERMS ALONG EACH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE NINTH APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE PILOT FLARED TOO HIGH AND BALLOONED UPWARD. HE ADDED POWER TO ARREST THE DESCENT, THEN, DECIDED TO BEGIN A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT THEN BANKED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE SNOWBERM ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT HAD ACCRUED 56 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS WITH 4.3 HOURS AS SOLO FLIGHT.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO CORRECT FOR TORQUE/P FACTOR WHEN ADDING ENGINE POWER FOR THE GO-AROUND MANEUVER. THE PILOT'S MISJUDGED FLARE, DELAYED GO-AROUND, AND LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC95LA041
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1997 | N1364D | Private | 0 | Willow, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 07:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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