- Date
- June 7, 1986, 12:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bear Trap, ID
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5077VVarga 2050A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860607022099A
- Case key
- 40418
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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
During a simulated forced landing the instructor pilot allowed the student to enter into a stall while turning from base to final. Although the instructor attempted to correct the student's mistakes he allowed the student to go too FAR with the task before making the correction. The instructor was able to correct the aircraft and level the wings but was unable to keep the aircraft from striking the ground hard due to the low altitude in which the stall occurred. After striking the ground the aircraft's nose gear separated from the aircraft and it then nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5077V
- Reported as
- Varga 2050A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- VAC-66-77
- Airframe hours
- 480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe And Johnnie Landis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1986 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IUO · Bear Trap Airstrip, runway 24, 2,300 × 130 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,570 total · 45 in this make and model · 1,473 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.