19991029029509I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28R200 · Rockwall, TX · October 29, 1999

Date
October 29, 1999 · 11:30 local
Place
Rockwall, TX
Airport
Rockwall Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4861T
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Instructor and student originated from mesquite flight training school and were shooting approaches and performing touch and go landings in mckinney (txi). They they proceeded back to mesquite (hqz) under IFR flight with hood installed and student in control. At approximately 3000 foot cruise, the student stated he suddenly heard the engine go into an overspeed condition. The instructor then immediately removed the hood and took control of the aircraft and requested vectors to Rockwall airport (F46). The instructor did not declare an emergency. The engine seized and the instructor brought the aircraft down in an open dirt field next to hwy 78 in wylie. There were no injuries or damage to the airframe. Wylie police were notified and secured the sight until the dallas police and the FAA arrived.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ORIGINATED FROM MESQUITE FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL AND WERE SHOOTING APPROACHES AND PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN MCKINNEY (TXI). THEY THEY PROCEEDED BACK TO MESQUITE (HQZ) UNDER IFR FLIGHT WITH HOOD INSTALLED AND STUDENT IN CONTROL. AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FOOT CRUISE, THE STUDENT STATED HE SUDDENLY HEARD THE ENGINE GO INTO AN OVERSPEED CONDITION. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE HOOD AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO ROCKWALL AIRPORT (F46). THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE INSTRUCTOR BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN AN OPEN DIRT FIELD NEXT TO HWY 78 IN WYLIE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. WYLIE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND SECURED THE SIGHT UNTIL THE DALLAS POLICE AND THE FAA ARRIVED.