Loss of control Accident Piper PA-11 N4772M, Sunday 5 May 2013

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Date:	Sunday 5 May 2013
Time:	13:30 LT
Type:	Piper PA-11
Owner/operator:
Registration:	N4772M
MSN:	11-287
Year of manufacture:	1947
Total airframe hrs:	2492 hours
Engine model:	Continental C85 SERIES
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Soldotna Airport, AK (SXQ/PASX) - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Soldotna Airport, AK (SXQ/PASX)
Destination airport:	Soldotna Airport, AK (SXQ/PASX)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The flight instructor was providing primary flight instruction to a student pilot in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The instructor reported that when the student pilot departed from the 5,000-foot-long, dry, paved runway, the airplane drifted to the right just after becoming airborne. Unable to correct the drift, the airplane continued off the right side of the runway, and over an area of grass-covered terrain. The instructor said that the student pilot then closed the engine throttle and switched the engine magnetos to the off position, and the airplane subsequently landed hard on the right main landing gear wheel. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any preaccident mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operations.

Probable Cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot during takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control.

Accident investigation: