# Accident 20160610010249A: Piper PA-28-140, Gilmer, TX, June 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2016, 20:30 local time
- Place: Gilmer, TX
- Airport: Fox Stevens Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6981° N, 94.9489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6981&lon=-94.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6700J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6700J-2016-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,702 total, 277 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160610010249A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING STUDENT EMERGENCY POWER OUT TRAINING. INSTRUCTOR CUT POWER ON DOWN WIND, THEY TURNED 20 % OF RUNWAY CENTER LINE. PILOTS DID NOT SEE POWER LINES UNTIL THEY WERE STRUCK.

## 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 GAA16CA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA312), Jun 11, 2016: Piper PA 28 (N6700J), Gilmer, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to see and avoid powerlines during landing, and the flight instructor's delayed remediation when the student cut the base to final turn short, resulting in a wire strike…

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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