Cessna 170B N4582C

Summary

On 31 March 2015 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N4582C, operated by Rocheleau Kenneth Raney, was involved in an accident near Wasilla, 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

31 March 2015 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wasilla, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Goose Bay (Z40)

Coordinates

61.3953, -149.8408

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N4582C

Category

Airplane

Year built

1953

Engines

1

Operator

Rocheleau Kenneth Raney

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Wasilla

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC15CA016

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student while landing, which resulted in a ground loop. Contributing to the accident was the student pilots failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel-equipped airplane during the landing roll.

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

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The flight instructor and student pilot were practicing landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The flight instructor stated that on the fifth landing, during the landing roll, the airplane began to drift slightly to the right, and the student pilot inadvertently applied right rudder. In an effort to correct for the right turn, the flight instructor immediately applied full left rudder and brake while simultaneously pulling aft on the control yoke, but the airplane ground looped. During the ground loop the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and left aileron.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.