INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS BY THE (PRIVATE RATED) DUAL STUDENT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE, AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI). A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITON.
— NTSB Determination
THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND A PRIVATE RATED DUAL STUDENT WERE PERFORMING A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT. THE CFI SAID THE DUAL STUDENT MADE SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RWY 26L, WITH WINDS ESTIMATED BY THE CFI AS BEING FROM 270 DEG AT 15 GUSTING 25 KTS. THE CFI REPORTED THAT DURING THE LAST TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT WAS ANGLED TO THE LEFT. THE PLANE DEPARTED THE RWY TO THE LEFT AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK A RWY LIGHT, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND A PRIVATE RATED DUAL STUDENT WERE PERFORMING A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT. THE CFI SAID THE DUAL STUDENT MADE SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RWY 26L, WITH WINDS ESTIMATED BY THE CFI AS BEING FROM 270 DEG AT 15 GUSTING 25 KTS. THE CFI REPORTED THAT DURING THE LAST TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT WAS ANGLED…
The accident on 1989-06-20 involved a Cessna 172M, registration N80893, operated by Dakota Ridge Aviation, at Boulder, CO.
INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS BY THE (PRIVATE RATED) DUAL STUDENT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE, AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI). A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITON.
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