What happened
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(-23) At approximately 1210 hours on 08-15-07 at the Coeur D'Alene, ID airport (coe), while demonstrating engine out procedures to two student pilots, who were passengers, the pilot/flight instructor decreased the power at approximately 100 feet AGL and initiated an engine-out procedure. The aircraft descended in a steep nose down attitude and the pilot was unable to arrest the high rate of descent prior to touchdown. The aircraft flared but landed hard evidenced by the tops of the landing gear legs contacting the aircraft skin at the fuselage and the tail cone having wrinkles in the skin near the aft cabin bulkhead on the bottom side of the aircraft. At this point, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and at some point in the roll-out, the nose gear was overloaded breaking the aft retract cylinder attach point allowing the nose gear to collapse. The airframe attach block for this actuator has sheared rivets along with other structure aft of this attachment block. The aircraft came to rest on the runway nose down with damage to the propeller and some structure on the underside of the engine compartment. No injuries to the pilot or passengers and no pre- or post crash fire.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1210 HOURS ON 08-15-07 AT THE COEUR D'ALENE, ID AIRPORT (COE), WHILE DEMONSTRATING ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES TO TWO STUDENT PILOTS, WHO WERE PASSENGERS, THE PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DECREASED THE POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL AND INITIATED AN ENGINE-OUT PROCEDURE. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE HIGH RATE OF DESCENT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT FLARED BUT LANDED HARD EVIDENCED BY THE TOPS OF THE LANDING GEAR LEGS CONTACTING THE AIRCRAFT SKIN AT THE FUSELAGE AND THE TAIL CONE HAVING WRINKLES IN THE SKIN NEAR THE AFT CABIN BULKHEAD ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AT SOME POINT IN THE ROLL-OUT, THE NOSE GEAR WAS OVERLOADED BREAKING THE AFT RETRACT CYLINDER ATTACH POINT ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRFRAME ATTACH BLOCK FOR THIS ACTUATOR HAS SHEARED RIVETS ALONG WITH OTHER STRUCTURE AFT OF THIS ATTACHMENT BLOCK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY NOSE DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND SOME STRUCTURE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS AND NO PRE- OR POST CRASH FIRE.
NTSB investigation
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