20140118004979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Navasota, TX · January 18, 2014

Date
January 18, 2014 · 10:30 local
Place
Navasota, TX
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N682AT
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1H6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,010 total414 in this make and model195 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.

Training flight departed david wayne hooks memorial airport (dwh) for a local flight training flight at approximately 9:30 am. Student holds private pilot certificate asel and was training for a multiengine rating. About 40 miles nw of dwh?s airport the flight instructor was demonstrating an emergency descent to a simulated emergency landing in a field when the aircraft struck a guy wire at approximately 100 feet AGL. The flight instructor reported hearing the strike, and that the aircraft did not jolt from the strike, nor did the engine hesitate.

Damage was superficial, with torn sheet metal to the underside of the left cowling, paint scuffing to the left cowling and a nick to the left propeller. The nose section has tears in the fiberglass on the top side near the cockpit.

As the FAA filed it

TRAINING FLIGHT DEPARTED DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT (DWH) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM. STUDENT HOLDS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ASEL AND WAS TRAINING FOR A MULTIENGINE RATING. ABOUT 40 MILES NW OF DWH?S AIRPORT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO A SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GUY WIRE AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED HEARING THE STRIKE, AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT JOLT FROM THE STRIKE, NOR DID THE ENGINE HESITATE.

DAMAGE WAS SUPERFICIAL, WITH TORN SHEET METAL TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT COWLING, PAINT SCUFFING TO THE LEFT COWLING AND A NICK TO THE LEFT PROPELLER. THE NOSE SECTION HAS TEARS IN THE FIBERGLASS ON THE TOP SIDE NEAR THE COCKPIT.