What happened
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(.4)The instructor pilot and student pilot were preparing for the student pilot's private pilot check ride. Both pilot's remember practicing maneuvers for 40 minutes before returning to the airport to practice soft and short field takeoff's and landings. On the landing preceding the accident takeoff the instructor simulated an engine failure and the student landed without any difficulty. On the accident takeoff the student pilot raised the flaps and the instructor simultaneously leaned the mixture to simulate a power loss. The instructor took over on the controls when the student did not recognize the situation. He attempted a restart of the engine, while the student flew the aircraft to an open field. While attempting to restart the engine the instructor observed a power line and instructed the student to fly underneath the power line. Both pilot's stated that on the last attempt to restart the engine, it started. They both looked up and saw power lines and attempted to maneuver the aircraft underneath the power lines. The student pilot stated that his instructor did not indicate to him that he was going to simulate an engine failure. (-23)on March 25, 1998, at 1607 PST, a Cessna 150G, N2952J owned and operated by privacy data omittedcollided with a telephone and cable television lines during decent on a training flight. VFR flight conditions prevailed. The aircraft was destroyed and the flight instructor received major injuries. The student pilot received minor injuries. The flight instructor holds a flight instructor certificate with the following ratings: airplane single engine land and sea; airplane multiengine land; instrument airplanes. The training fligths originated at Sonoma skypark airport (0Q9), Sonoma, CA.
As the FAA filed it
(.4)THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE PREPARING FOR THE STUDENT PILOT'S PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE. BOTH PILOT'S REMEMBER PRACTICING MANEUVERS FOR 40 MINUTES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT TO PRACTICE SOFT AND SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF'S AND LANDINGS. ON THE LANDING PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT TAKEOFF THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND THE STUDENT LANDED WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. ON THE ACCIDENT TAKEOFF THE STUDENT PILOT RAISED THE FLAPS AND THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULTANEOUSLY LEANED THE MIXTURE TO SIMULATE A POWER LOSS. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER ON THE CONTROLS WHEN THE STUDENT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE SITUATION. HE ATTEMPTED A RESTART OF THE ENGINE, WHILE THE STUDENT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO AN OPEN FIELD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE THE INSTRUCTOR OBSERVED A POWER LINE AND INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO FLY UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINE. BOTH PILOT'S STATED THAT ON THE LAST ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE, IT STARTED. THEY BOTH LOOKED UP AND SAW POWER LINES AND ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HIS INSTRUCTOR DID NOT INDICATE TO HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE. (-23)ON MARCH 25, 1998, AT 1607 PST, A CESSNA 150G, N2952J OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE AND CABLE TELEVISION LINES DURING DECENT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED MAJOR INJURIES. THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HOLDS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE WITH THE FOLLOWING RATINGS: AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND SEA; AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND; INSTRUMENT AIRPLANES. THE TRAINING FLIGTHS ORIGINATED AT SONOMA SKYPARK AIRPORT (0Q9), SONOMA, CA.
NTSB investigation
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