20230520014959A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Ray Community, MI · May 20, 2023

Date: May 20, 2023 · 12:31 local
Place: Ray Community, MI
Airport: Ray Community
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N586SB
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN23LA213
Reported as: Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,812 total481 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N586SBRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235S/N 28-10781 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

The instructor was demonsrating the impossibile turn., with a simulated engine failure. The instructor overshot the runway and was attemping to correct. The aircraft lost lift and resulted in a hard landing. The pilot thought he might have encounted wind shear. The damage was substantial.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSRATING THE IMPOSSIBILE TURN., WITH A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. THE INSTRUCTOR OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND WAS ATTEMPING TO CORRECT. THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTED WIND SHEAR. THE DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN23LA213Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportRay, MIThe flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during simulated engine-out procedures. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s decision to land with a tailwind.May 20, 2023 · Substantial damage