Cessna 170-B N3201A

Summary

On 25 April 2010 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 170-B registered N3201A, operated by Darrly LeMire, was involved in an accident near White Bear Lake, Minnesota, 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

25 April 2010 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

White Bear Lake, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Benson Airport (6MN9)

Coordinates

45.1164, -92.9958

Aircraft

Cessna 170-B

Registration

N3201A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Darrly LeMire

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

White Bear Lake → White Bear Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA224

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's inadequate attempted recovery from a bounced landing and the student pilot's abrupt use of the brakes, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated flight instructor (CFI) reported that the student pilot successfully completed crosswind landings at a grass airstrip prior to making a landing on runway 31 back at the departure grass airstrip. The winds were from 360 degrees at 14 knots with gusts to 20 knots. The CFI reported that when the airplane was about 30 feet above ground level, the airplane encountered an “unexpected strong down flow of wind (wind shear)” coming over the tree line on the northeast side of the runway that caused the airplane to hit the ground hard. The CFI took the controls prior to the airplane hitting the ground. The airplane bounced and the CFI attempted to recover the airplane, but “didn’t have time to explain to the student what was happening.” Both pilots were on the controls when the airplane touched down the second time. The CFI reported that both brakes were “locked” and the airplane skidded for about 75 feet before the airplane nosed over. He reported that he could not counteract the student pilot’s brake input.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.