Pilot Debrief

AERONCA 7EC near Palmer, AK — 2015-05-27

Final reportANC15CA031
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Date
2015-05-27
Location
Palmer, AK, USA
Airport
PAAQ
Aircraft
AERONCA 7EC
Registration
N84116
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The instructor's delayed remedial actions, and the student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall just above the ground and the subsequent hard landing.

NTSB narrative

The student pilot and his instructor were landing in a tailwheel-equipped airplane at night. The student pilot did two full stop landings on the night cross-country flight. During the first landing, the airplane stalled just above the runway, and the front left landing gear made contact with the runway first, resulting in a hard landing. The second landing was a normal, soft touchdown landing. A postflight inspection revealed that a portion of airplane's fuselage, on the left side, sustained substantial damage from the hard landing. The instructor pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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