PERKASIE, PA, USA
N5234G
CESSNA L-19
CESSNA L-19,A PRACTICE FLIGHT OF TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS FOR GLIDER TOW OPERATION FOR PHILIDELPHIA GLIDER COUNCIL ENCOUNTER A WIND SHIFT ON LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT OVER CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. THE INSTUCTOR PILOT AT THIS TIME TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER ALONG WITH HARD BRAKING WHICH STOPPED THE GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 20 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED FORWARD WHEN THE RIGHT GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND RIGHT BRAKING WAS APPLIED AND THE GEAR SEPARATED.
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