- Date
- June 9, 1992, 21:30 local (Jun 10, 1992, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Elephant Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101THBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920609019849A
- Case key
- 5738
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Probable cause
The dual student's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and the instructor's inadequate supervision. A factor was the tailwind.
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
The instructional flight was landing with a right quartering tailwind and the instructor told the non sea plane rated pilot to hold the right wing down into the wind. Upon touchdown the airplane began to veer to the right. The dual student applied left rudder, but the airplane continued to veer to the right. He then applied full left rudder. The airplane began to skid sideways and then the left float collapsed and the airplane rolled over to the left and sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101TH
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 293-79
- Airframe hours
- 1,077
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Harvey Smith
- Registered owner
- Harvey Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Scout Lake, AK
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.