ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355953
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| Date: | Monday 28 April 1997 |
| Time: | 20:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3417C |
| MSN: | 26460 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | , AK (Z41) |
| (Z40) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A flight instructor (CFI) was providing pre-solo flight instruction to a student pilot in a tailwheel equipped airplane. The student was practicing touch-and-go landings, and his landing approach was slightly high and fast. The airplane touched down on the runway and bounced upward to about 10 ft above the ground. The instructor added power, and attempted to correct the situation. The airplane touched down a second time, and again bounced into the air. The instructor's seat suddenly released and slid aft, preventing him from reaching the flight controls. The airplane touched down a third time along the left side of the runway. The left main landing gear broke at its fuselage attach point, and the left wing struck the ground. An inspection of the instructor's seat did not reveal any malfunction of the latching mechanism. The student pilot had accrued 14.5 hours of total instructional flight time, with 6.8 hours of instruction accrued in the accident airplane.
Probable Cause: the flight instructor's inadequate preflight by failing to ensure his seat was properly latched, and his resultant failure (or inability) to recover from the student pilot's bounced landing. A factor associated with the accident was: the student pilot's improper flare during the landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC97LA063
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 17:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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