Cessna 170B N8305A

Summary

On 10 May 2005 at about 05:35 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N8305A was involved in an accident near Homer, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 May 2005 at 05:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Homer, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Homer (PAHO)

Coordinates

59.6456, -151.4767

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N8305A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Homer → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ANC05LA074

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control, and collision with a ditch. A factor associated with the accident was the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated flight instructor was providing flight instruction to the student pilot/owner who was practicing touch and go landings on runway 21. The instructor said that the wind was from 230 degrees at 11 knots. As the airplane touched down it veered slightly to the right, and the student corrected for the swerve. A gust of wind from the right then lifted the right wing, and the airplane began to veer to the left. The student applied right aileron and right rudder, but the airplane departed off the left side of the paved runway onto an area of grass. The instructor applied engine power in an attempt to gain control of the airplane, but the airplane collided with a ditch that paralleled the runway. The airplane received structural damage to the right main landing gear and fuselage, and the right wingtip. The instructor indicated that the student pilot had accrued about 79 hours of instructional flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.