N8335A is a Cessna 170B. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Cont Motor C145 series rated at 145 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Wasilla, AK. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Feb 1956. It has been registered to its current owner since Jul 2024. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
2024
1956
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The flight instructor reported that during the instructional flight in a tailwheel equipped airplane, the student pilot bounced the landing. The airplane bounced off the grass airstrip and the flight instructor reported that he took the flight controls, but the airplane drifted to the left and into a drainage ditch. The flight instructor reported that he corrected with right rudder application to ease the airplane out of the ditch, but the left landing gear tire deflated and the left wing and the tail struck the ground. The airplane yawed to the left, the instructor corrected the yaw and the airplane rolled onto the runway and stopped. The left wing, left aileron and the elevator sustained substantial damage.
The flight instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies prior to landing in the ditch that would have prevented normal flight operation.
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About the Cessna 170B
About the modelA four-seat, high-wing taildragger — essentially the tailwheel ancestor of the 172. The B model added the large flaps that give it its short-field reputation.