ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287663
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| Date: | Monday 18 June 2012 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Inter-state Aviation |
| Registration: | N2580D |
| MSN: | 20732 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7100 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pullman, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport, WA (PUW/KPUW) |
| Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport, WA (PUW/KPUW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor was providing tailwheel instruction to a pilot who was going to purchase the accident airplane. They had completed 10.7 hours and 56 landings. Because the pilot planned to depart the following morning with the current airplane owner, the flight instructor said that he felt pressure to complete the pilot's training that day. While practicing three point landings, the wind was gusting to 19 knots. After touchdown, the airplane began tracking to the right. The flight instructor stated that he was guarding the controls closely but delayed assuming control of the airplane to let the pilot correct the situation on his own. The airplane then swerved to the right, and the flight instructor was unable to regain directional control despite full application of left rudder and brake. When the airplane ran off the runway, the airplane's left wing and aft fuselage were damaged. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in gusting crosswind conditions and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR12CA269
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 2015 | N2580D | Private | 0 | Lake Hood Seaplane Base (Z41), Anchorage, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 13:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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