ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380818
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| Date: | Monday 19 September 1983 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 7GCBC |
| Owner/operator: | Larry's Flying Service |
| Registration: | N68564 |
| MSN: | 394-72 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 609 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbanks, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | FAIRBANKS (KMTF) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SAND BAR AND NOSED OVER WHILE STEP TAXIING ON A RIVER DURING A TRAINING FLT. THE CFI SAID HE COULD NOT SEE CLEARLY FROM THE REAR SEAT AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE SAND BAR UNTIL IT WAS STRUCK. HE DID NOT FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF THE STUDENT HAD NOTREDUCED POWER WHEN HE OBSERVED THE SANDBAR. THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE NEVER SAW THE SANDBAR AND ONLY REDUCED POWER AFTER THE ACFT RAN AGROUND.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC83FA178
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 2012 | N68564 | John | 0 | Sidney, Nebraska | |
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| 01-Apr-2024 20:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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