ROANOKE, VA, USA
N6634R
BEECH C-23
THIS WAS THE STU PLT FIFTH TRAINING SESSION WHERE HE DID SOLO TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. DURING THIS SESSION HE MADE TEN LANDINGS WITHOUT INCIDENT. SIX LANDINGS WERE MADE WITH HIS INSTR ABOARD FOLLOWED BY FOUR SOLO LANDINGS. ACCORDING TO THE STU DURING THE FLARE FOR THE ELEVENTH LANDING THE ACFT STARTED TO PORPOISE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE ACFT LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR WHICH COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY AND AN ENGINE FIRE ERUPTED. THE CARBURETOR WAS FRACTURED DURING THE IMPACT SEQUENCE. THE PLT SAFELY EXITED THE ACFT AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINQUISHED SHORTLY AFTERWARD BY AIRPORT FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL.
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