- Date
- August 30, 1988, 18:30 local (Aug 31, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Willow, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2905DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880830036259A
- Case key
- 5061
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After the student did a touch and go, during the initial climb out, the airplane stalled and crashed into a row of trees at the end of the runway. The student pilot reportedly startled by turbulence, pulled rapidly back on the control yoke, and the aircraft stalled. The pilot/cfi said he could not react fast enough to remedy the situation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2905D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26843
- Airframe hours
- 3,689
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fick, John
- Registered owner
- Fick, John R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1988 · 31 hours before
- Airport
- 222 · Willow, runway 13, 4,600 × 105 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,215 total · 482 in this make and model · 3,690 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.