# Accident 20050319005399A: Piper PA28151, Eastman, GA, March 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Eastman, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2139° N, 83.1278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2139&lon=-83.1278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32033, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32033-2006-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,272 total, 245 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050319005399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WHILE DEMONSTRATING A MANEUVER (EMERGENCY APPROACH AND LANDING) TO ANOTHER PILOT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND TO AN EXTREMELY LOW ALTITUDE DURING THE MANEUVER; LESS THAN 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL); AND DURING THE GO-AROUND AND CLIMBOUT PHASE, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK WIRES AT THE FAR END OF THE FIELD. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS AWARE OF THE HIGH-TENSION LOAD-CARRYING WIRES AND HAD A VISUAL CONTACT WITH THEM; BUT HE DID NOT SEE THE SMALL GROUND WIRES RUNNING FROM THE TOP OF EACH TOWER (APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET AGL). THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A RIGHT TURN WHEN IT STRUCK THE WIRES AT APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET AGL. THE PROPELLER CUT ONE OF THE WIRES; HOWEVER, THE SECOND WIRE STRUCK THE TOP OF THE ENGINE COWLING, PUSHED THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE FIREWALL FOUR INCHES AFT, TORE THROUGH THE PILOT SIDE OF THE CABIN ROOF STRUCTURE, TORE OFF THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AFT TO THE SPAR, AND TORE OFF THE ENTIRE LEFT WINGTIP OUTBOARD OF THE RIB. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETE A SAFE APPROACH AND LANDING AT THE HEART OF GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT LOCATED IN EASTMAN, GEORGIA APPROXIMATELY 6 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 ATL05CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA064), Mar 19, 2005: Piper PA28-151 (N32033), Eastman, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructors failure to maintain a visual look out while demonstrating a simulated emergency landing resulting in an in-flight collision with a known transmission wire.

## Other reports on N32033 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19851119066189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851119066189I), Nov 19, 1985: Piper PA28151 (N32033), Fraser, MI. Vectored to airport after weather deteriorated en route. Weather had not been checked before departure.

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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