# NTSB ATL05CA064: Piper PA28-151, N32033, Eastman, GA, March 19, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 19, 2005, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Eastman, GA - Coordinates: 32.21389, -83.127777 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2139&lon=-83.1278&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 8, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Atlanta FSDO-11 - NTSB case key (mKey): 61170 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL05CA064 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61170/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA064 ## Probable cause The certified flight instructors failure to maintain a visual look out while demonstrating a simulated emergency landing resulting in an in-flight collision with a known transmission wire. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, climb - emergency procedure - simulated - object - wire,transmission - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) ## Analysis The flight instructor was demonstrating a simulated emergency landing in a local training area with known transmission power lines. The flight instructor initiated a climb to recover from the simulated emergency landing and the airplane collided with the transmission wire. The flight instructor stated, "I simply failed to maintain a visual look out resulting in the collision with the wires." ## Factual narrative On March 19, 2005 at 1100 Eastern Standard Time, A Piper PA28-151, N32033, registered to Tumbleweed International Equine, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight collided with wires while descending during a simulated emergency landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The commercial pilot flight instructor (CFI) and private pilot receiving instruction reported no injuries. The flight originated from Heart of Georgia Regional Airport, Eastman, Georgia, on March 19, 2005, at 1030. The CFI stated he and the private pilot departed the traffic pattern and flew to the training area located north of the airport. The private pilot demonstrated slow flight, stalls, and steep turns. The CFI stated he took over the flight controls at 2,000 feet and demonstrated an emergency descent leveling off at 1,000 feet. The CFI further stated he was very familiar with the area and knew there were high tension wires in the vicinity. The CFI demonstrated an emergency landing by decreasing engine power and allowing the airplane to descend. He added power and initiated a climb when the airplane collided with the top wire on the power line separating the wire. The wire hit the propeller, top of the engine cowling, windshield, and left wing. The CFI stated, " I simply failed to maintain a visual look out resulting in the collision with the wires." The CFI managed to maintain control of the airplane and flew it back to the airport and landed with out further incident. After landing the CFI observed structural damage to the firewall and the left wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N32033](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32033-2006-08-10), registration cancelled 2006-08-10, S/N 28-7515051, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA28-151 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (registry code 7102805) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-7515051 - Airframe hours: 3384.4 - Engines: Lycoming )-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Tumbleweed International Equine - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 2004, 23.7 hours before - Departed: EZM, Eastman, GA - Destination: EZM ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 36; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; last flight review August 24, 2004; seat: right; flight hours: 3,272 total, 246 in this make and model, 3,182 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days - Other flight crew; age 26; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.13 inHg - Observed at: MCN, 45 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050319005399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050319005399A), Mar 19, 2005: Piper PA28151, Eastman, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) Flight instructor was flying the aircraft while demonstrating a maneuver (emergency approach and landing) to another pilot. The flight instructor allowed… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.