- Date
- April 13, 1991, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Saluda, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1960QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910413010219A
- Case key
- 8393
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The flight instructor did not maintain the proper altitude during the simulated forced landing.
Analysis
The instructor pilot stated that the student had been practicing ground reference maneuvers. The instructor simulated a forced landing situation for the student. At the point that the instructor attempted to execute a go-around, the aircraft hit power lines and crashed into a field.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1960Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0360
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Southeast Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Southeast Helicopters, Inc.
- Destination
- AIK · Aiken, SC
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 55 in this make and model · 425 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 71 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- AGS, 33 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.