ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295701
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| Date: | Saturday 14 June 2003 |
| Time: | 18:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc. |
| Registration: | N9566L |
| MSN: | 17276578 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9094 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kenmore, WA (W55) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student conducted several takeoffs/landings in the Cessna 172P floatplane into a 9 knot southerly wind and then executed a westbound crosswind approach and landing. The instructor reported that there were no hazardous water conditions, no whitecaps or deep swells at the time. The instructor reported that the student lowered 30 degrees of flaps and established a standard descent attitude and airspeed of 65 knots. Upon touchdown the aircraft made a "strong" contact with water on the upwind float, pitched nose down and then nosed over. The operator's training manual for the 172P floatplane contained procedures and guidance for crosswind landings specifically, final approach speed in a crosswind landing should be 65 knots, with 20 degrees of flaps. The instructor reported a total of 224 hours in the Cessna 172 model aircraft of which slightly more than 6 hours were logged as instructor time (all in the Cessna 172). Additionally, his flight instructor certificate was issued two months prior to the accident. Winds at Boeing Field (six nautical miles south) of the site were reported as 160 degrees magnetic at four knots.
Probable Cause: The dual student's failure to maintain aircraft control and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action. Contributing factors were the crosswind condition and the flight instructor's lack of experience.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA03LA103
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 December 1997 | N9566L | Kenmore Air Harbor | 0 | Kenmore, WA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 11:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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