ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376405
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Date: | Saturday 24 August 1985 |
Time: | 16:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 170B |
Owner/operator: | Breck T.viets |
Registration: | N3568C |
MSN: | 26612 |
Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2852 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Morrisville, VT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | (1 ) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ACCORDING TO THE PLT, A POST MAINTENANCE TEST FLT WAS PERFORMED ABOUT 45 MINS BEFORE THE LANDING OCCURRED. THE PLT STATED THAT HE ALLOWED THE RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER A STUDENT PLT AND OWNER OF THE CESSNA 170, TO FLY AND LAND THE ACFT. UPON LANDING THE PLT NOTICED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH AND REMINDED THE PASSENGER THAT HE WAS FLYING A TAIL DRAGGER. THE ACFT WAS HOPPING BUT UNDER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT FOLLOWED BY A GROUND LOOP. POWER WAS APPLIED AFTERWARDS BY THE PASSENGER AND THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A PARKED GLIDER ACFT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC85LA220 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC85LA220
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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