ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297492
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| Date: | Friday 22 March 2002 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3687M |
| MSN: | 12-2535 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1590 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Terrell, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Terrell Field, TX (TRL/KTRL) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the tailwheel endorsement flight, the private pilot was performing a short field landing to the runway when tree branches hit the fuselage, and the right wing struck the trees. Subsequently, the airplane slowed, nosed down, and turned right. The flight instructor recalled applying left aileron and left rudder with little or no effect, and the airplane hit the ground. The flight instructor believed that the airplane encountered a sink rate which he did not detect. He further stated that "the deterioring flight path went undetected" by him since he thought the airplane had cleared the area of the trees, which caused him to "under utilize visual clues more to the sides of the approach path." The pilot reported the wind was from the north-northwest at 5-15 mph and "bumpy."
Probable Cause: the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor resulting in the dual student's failure to maintain the proper glidepath during the short field approach. A contributing factor was the downdraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW02LA100
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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