ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194523
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| Date: | Sunday 2 April 2017 |
| Time: | 15:28 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22T G6 |
| Owner/operator: | The Flight Academy |
| Registration: | N167CB |
| MSN: | 0822 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 841 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550 N (27) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Olympic National Park, W of Brinnon, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Langley, WA (W10) |
| Bremerton-Polacca Airport, WA (PWT/KPWT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and student pilot departed on a planned 3-hour instructional flight. While en route, the flight instructor stated that he wanted to show the student that there was more to flying than just training and that flying was also “fun.” The pilots subsequently turned the airplane toward a large river valley in mountainous terrain. The pilots flew into an area of rapidly rising terrain and realized they needed to climb to avoid terrain. The flight instructor applied full power and pitched the airplane up into a climb; however, the terrain rose faster than the airplane was climbing. The flight instructor instructed the student pilot to start a right turn. Shortly thereafter, he felt the turn was too slow, and he took control of the airplane. The flight instructor stated that things were happening too fast for him to recover the airplane. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain in a box canyon, with ridgelines between 100 feet to several hundred feet higher than the accident site. Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's decision to fly into a valley without ensuring adequate clearance to avoid the rising terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N167CB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 March 2023 | N320CA | Armstrong Resource Management Corp | 0 | Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX), TN | |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
Location
Media:
UPDATE: 2 survive as plane crashes into snow-covered wilderness of Olympic National Park
— KOMO News (@komonews) April 3, 2017
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https://t.co/KW36AOrgdR pic.twitter.com/VSQCIoQoCC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2017 04:28 | Geno | Added |
| 03-Apr-2017 15:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2017 15:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Apr-2017 16:08 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 04-Apr-2017 12:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 04-Apr-2017 12:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2017 13:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Apr-2017 14:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2020 16:00 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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