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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Sidney, MT · September 10, 2016

Date
September 10, 2016 · 13:00 local
Place
Sidney, MT
Airport
Sidney Richland Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8335A
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA492
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Continental C145 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total50 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While conducting initial flight instruction in a conventional gear aircraft equiped with oversized tires the student pilot bounced on landing, the CFI took control of the aircraft but was unable to regain dirctional control of the aircraft resulting in damage to the left wing, aileron and left horizontal stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CONDUCTING INITIAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN A CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT EQUIPED WITH OVERSIZED TIRES THE STUDENT PILOT BOUNCED ON LANDING, THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN DIRCTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, AILERON AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.