Cessna 172 N73813

Summary

On 10 March 2007 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N73813, operated by Elmendorf Aero Club, was involved in an accident near Chugiak, 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 March 2007 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chugiak, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Birchwood Airport (BCV)

Coordinates

61.4000, -149.5122

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N73813

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Elmendorf Aero Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Chugiak

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC07CA023

Nobody was injured.

The instructor pilot's inadequate supervision of the student while landing, which resulted in an undershoot, and subsequent in-flight collision with snow-covered terrain.

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 primary flight instruction to the student pilot under Title 14, CFR Part 91, at the time of the accident. The flight instructor reported that while on final approach to land, he inadvertently allowed the student pilot to descend into a snow-covered area, about 40 feet short of the runway threshold. As the airplane's main wheels contacted an area of deep, hard packed snow, the airplane nosed down, and right wing struck the snow-covered terrain, sustaining substantial damage. The instructor noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.