28 May 2013: TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP F19 — DEHAAN NATHAN M

28 May 2013: TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP F19 — DEHAAN NATHAN M

No fatalities • Napakiak, AK, United States

Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

The flight instructor and student pilot were practicing landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The flight instructor stated that on the second landing, the student pilot encountered a sink rate that he could not recover from, and the airplane landed hard, collapsing the right main landing gear, and sustaining substantial damage to the right wing lift strut. The instructor stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Contributing factors

  • cause Student pilot
  • cause Incorrect use/operation
  • cause Instructor/check pilot
  • cause Instructor/check pilot

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 350/08kt, vis 10sm

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