# Accident 20050509011819A: Cessna 170B, Homer, AK, May 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2005, 21:35 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6456° N, 151.4767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6456&lon=-151.4767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8305A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8305A-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,556 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050509011819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MAY 9, 2005, ABOUT 21:35 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 170, N8305A SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO DITCH THAT RUNS ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY AT THE HOMER AIRPORT, IN HOMER, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULE (VFR) LOCAL AREA FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO THE OWNER WHO IS A STUDENT PILOT. THE STUDENT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE FAA INSPECTOR IN CHARGE (IIC) ON MAY 17, 2005 THE PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED THAT HE WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE LESSON OF TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE PILOT IN COMMAND APPLIED FULL POWER TO INITIATE A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH THAT PARALLELED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT IN COMMAND FELT THAT THE ACCIDENT MIGHT NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF THE DITCH WAS NOT PRESENT. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT HAD BEEN DOING VERY WELL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, ALTHOUGH THE STUDENT HAD USED MULTIPLE INSTRUCTORS AND HAD LOGGED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE OTHER INSTRUCTORS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND COMMENTED THAT NEITHER HE NOR ANY OF THE PREVIOUS INSTRUCTORS HAD SIGNED OFF THE OWNER/STUDENT TO SOLO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC05LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA074), May 10, 2005: Cessna 170B (N8305A), Homer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: 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…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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