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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Newport News, VA · June 9, 2011

Date
June 9, 2011 · 14:30 local
Place
Newport News, VA
Airport
Newport News/Williamsburg International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9782L
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,750 total3 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

After takeoff at approx 100' instructor pulled the power back to idle to simulate engine failure. Instructor stated he noticed an extreme sink rate developing and took over the controls, but was unable to recover prior to the hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROX 100' INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE TO SIMULATE ENGINE FAILURE. INSTRUCTOR STATED HE NOTICED AN EXTREME SINK RATE DEVELOPING AND TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER PRIOR TO THE HARD LANDING.