20210417022509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Mckinney, TX · April 17, 2021

Date
April 17, 2021 · 19:45 local
Place
Mckinney, TX
Airport
Mckinney
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2973R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA193
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 -C1C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
743 total

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What happened

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

Instructor pilot (privacy data omitted) - we were performing touch and go's, on 2nd touch and go, while on approach student pilot calls out loss of power and hands over controls. I evaluated situation while giving full throttle, no response, called mayday, mayday, spotted open area with no trees, landed in field, landing gear separated from aircraft. Called in landing coordinates to tower. Paramedics/fire department help us out of plane, and drove to me and student pilot (privacy data omitted) to hospital, we suffered head injuries/bagged up. No life threatening injuries.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) - WE WERE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S, ON 2ND TOUCH AND GO, WHILE ON APPROACH STUDENT PILOT CALLS OUT LOSS OF POWER AND HANDS OVER CONTROLS. I EVALUATED SITUATION WHILE GIVING FULL THROTTLE, NO RESPONSE, CALLED MAYDAY, MAYDAY, SPOTTED OPEN AREA WITH NO TREES, LANDED IN FIELD, LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT. CALLED IN LANDING COORDINATES TO TOWER. PARAMEDICS/FIRE DEPARTMENT HELP US OUT OF PLANE, AND DROVE TO ME AND STUDENT PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) TO HOSPITAL, WE SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES/BAGGED UP. NO LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.