# Accident 20070310002969A: Cessna 172N, Birchwood, AK, March 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IE8S
- Location: 61.4000° N, 149.5122° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4000&lon=-149.5122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73813, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73813) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 905 total, 500 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070310002969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS PROVIDING DUAL INSTRUCTION. STUDENT PILOT WAS SOLELY AT THE CONTROLS WHILE LANDING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND INSTRUCTION OF THE CFI. ACCORDING TO THE CFI, ON SHORT FINAL THE STUDENT PULLED THE POWER BACK TOO SOON. HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACT AND CORRECT THE MISTAKE. THE AIRPLANE'S MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE SNOW. THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND TO THE RIGHT. THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 ANC07CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA023), Mar 10, 2007: Cessna 172 (N73813), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: 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.

## Other reports on N73813 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020312004219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020312004219I), Mar 12, 2002: Cessna 172N (N73813), Wasilla, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On March 12, 2002, at 1945 Alaska daylight savings time, a wheel equipped Cessna, CE-172 airplane, N73183, sustained minor damage during descent to…
- [Accident 19920509013992A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920509013992A), May 9, 1992: Cessna 172 (N73813), Ruth Glacier, AK, Substantial damage. Was overtaken and right wing damaged by N1047F that was on converging course. Was unaware traffic radio frequency.

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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