# Accident 19980501008299A: Piper PA28160, Monroe, WA, May 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Monroe, WA
- Airport: Firstair Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8697° N, 121.8803° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8697&lon=-121.8803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5157W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5157W-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 653 total, 17 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980501008299A

## Narrative

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

CFI PULLED MIXTURE FOR SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. STUDENT RAISED NOSE. PROP STOPPED UNABLE RESTART. LANDED SHORT. (.4)AFTER THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE BY PULLING OUT THE MIXTURE CONTROL UNTIL THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, THE STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER FOR A LANDING AT A PAVED PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. JUST AFTER TURNING A CLOSE-IN FINAL, WITH THE MIXTURE STILL PULLED OUT ALMOST TO THE FULL-LEAN POSITION, THE STUDENT RAISED THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE, AND THE PROPELLER STOPPED TURNING.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN RETURNED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO THE FULL RICH POSITION AND INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO ENGAGE THE STARTER. AFTER TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE ENGINE TO START, THE STUDENT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN AREA WHERE THE TERRAIN HAD BEEN TORN UP BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.                                                                 (-23)WHILE INSTRUCTING A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE AT 4000' MSL, THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED THE PROCEUDRE BY PULLING MIXTURE CONTROL TO IDLE.  THROUGHOUT PROCEDURE INSTRUCTOR ADVANCED THE MIXTURE TWICE TO CHECK THE ENGINE.  WHIL                                     E ON BASE TO FINAL THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THE APPROACH WAS LOW. THE STUDENT HAD RAISED THE NOSE THUS BRINGING THE PROP TO A STOP.  AT THIS TIME THE INSTRUCTOR PUSHED MIXTURE IN BUT NO RESPONSE.  REAL FORCED LANDING WAS CONDUCTED SHORT OR RUNWAY.

## 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 SEA98LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA068), May 1, 1998: Piper PA-28-160 (N5157W), Monroe, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the flight instructor's improper in-flight decision to simulate an engine failure by pulling the mixture control toward the lean position until the engine shut down, and his…

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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