# NTSB Accident ANC97LA063
> **Cessna 170B** · 1997-04-29 · ANCHORAGE, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC97LA063
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07653
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-04-29
- **Location:** ANCHORAGE, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.219127, -149.850265
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 170B
- **Registration:** N3417C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the flight instructor's inadequate preflight by failing to ensure his seat was properly latched, and his resultant failure (or inability) to recover from the student pilot's bounced landing.  A factor associated with the accident was: the student pilot's improper flare during the landing.

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