| Crash location | 62.487777°N, 152.401111°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Talkeetna, AK
62.323889°N, 150.109444°W 74.2 miles away |
| Tail number | N53977 |
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| Accident date | 20 Jul 2012 |
| Aircraft type | Bellanca 7GCBC |
| Additional details: | None |
The flight instructor and pilot-rated student were practicing off-airport landings and takeoffs in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. After landing on a gravel bar, the instructor and student surveyed the takeoff area on foot. During the subsequent takeoff run the airplane was not accelerating as hoped, and just prior to the abort point, the instructor told the student to abort the takeoff. The instructor joined the student pilot on the controls. During the attempt to stop the airplane the brakes were applied too heavily, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane received substantial damage to the rudder and vertical stabilizer.
The flight instructor's and student pilot's excessive application of brakes during an aborted takeoff, which resulted in a noseover.