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FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Chehalis, WA · January 7, 2012

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Date
January 7, 2012 · 12:10 local
Place
Chehalis, WA
Airport
Chehalis-Centralia Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N15791
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,365 total2,000 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days
N15791Registration cancelled Feb 11, 2014 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 287325165 · Built 1973Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

N15791 a Piper PA-28-140, impacted an object (rebar) protruding from the terrain when the pilot landed 300 feet short of runway 16 threshold at Chehalis airport, Chehalis, Washington. The commercial pilot was receiving a flight review from his flight instructor. As part of the flight review after several landings the instructor pulled engine power and informed the commercial pilot the engine failed. The commercial pilot then executed an engine out procedure (simulated power-off landing). Because he failed to manage his glide profile in a manner that allowed him to extend the airplane's glide all the way to the approach end of the runway, and since he did not add engine power, the airplane touched down in a grassy area just over 300 feet short of the runway threshold impacting a peace of rebar protrudding from the ground. The rebar was outside the runway safety area and protruding about a foot and a half above the ground. It had been placed there by Chehalis airport maintenance personnel to mark the location of a future approach lighting system.

As the FAA filed it

N15791 A PIPER PA-28-140, IMPACTED AN OBJECT (REBAR) PROTRUDING FROM THE TERRAIN WHEN THE PILOT LANDED 300 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 16 THRESHOLD AT CHEHALIS AIRPORT, CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS RECEIVING A FLIGHT REVIEW FROM HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. AS PART OF THE FLIGHT REVIEW AFTER SEVERAL LANDINGS THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED ENGINE POWER AND INFORMED THE COMMERCIAL PILOT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT THEN EXECUTED AN ENGINE OUT PROCEDURE (SIMULATED POWER-OFF LANDING). BECAUSE HE FAILED TO MANAGE HIS GLIDE PROFILE IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWED HIM TO EXTEND THE AIRPLANE'S GLIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, AND SINCE HE DID NOT ADD ENGINE POWER, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A GRASSY AREA JUST OVER 300 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD IMPACTING A PEACE OF REBAR PROTRUDDING FROM THE GROUND. THE REBAR WAS OUTSIDE THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA AND PROTRUDING ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF ABOVE THE GROUND. IT HAD BEEN PLACED THERE BY CHEHALIS AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO MARK THE LOCATION OF A FUTURE APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM.