# Accident 19970526011959A: Piper PA28R201, Pocatello, ID, May 26, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1997, 13:15 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Airport: Pocatello Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8599° N, 112.6295° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8599&lon=-112.6295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30563, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30563-2010-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 523 total, 89 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970526011959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON MAY 26, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 1315 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28R0201, N30563, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING DURING A SIMULATED POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF AT POCATELLO REGIONAL AIRPORT, POCATELLO, IDAHO. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TOWARD HIS COMMERCIAL RATING, WERE NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS OWNED BY SKYRIDERS, INC.  SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE ROUND ROBIN INSTRUCTIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING POCATELLO IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN HE PULLED THE POWER TO IDLE IN ORDER TO SIMULATE A COMPLETE POWER LOSS. HE SAID THAT THE STUDENT DID NOT LOWER THE NOSE SOON ENOUGH TO KEEP THE AIRSPEED FROM DETERIORATING, AND AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TOWARD THE RUNWAY, THE INSTUCTOR REALIZED THAT THE "....RATE OF DESCENT WAS TOO GREAT...." HE THEREFORE ADDED FULL POWER ".....IN A ATTEMPT TO SLOW OR STOP THE DESCENT" ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE HIGH RATE OF DESCENT, AND "SECONDS AFTER ADDING FULL POWER, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NORMAL NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE...." THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT HE DID NOT TAKE OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND OTHER THAN HIS ADDITION OF POWER,..." THE STUDENT REMAINED AT THE CONTROLS." AFTER THE HARD LANDING, NEITHER PILOT REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DAMAGED, SO THEY ADDED POWER AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF. AT ABOUT 400 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE RIGHT WING TOP SKIN BULGING UPWARD NEAR THE POINT WHERE THE LANDING GEAR ATTACHED TO THE WING SPAR. UPON DISCOVERING THE DAMAGE TO THE WING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TERMINATED THE FLIGHT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA97LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA121), May 26, 1997: Piper PA-28R-201 (N30563), Pocatello, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: inadequate remedial action of the pilot-in-command (CFI). Related factors include: the dual student's failure to maintain the proper airspeed and descent rate.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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