- Date
- March 19, 1992, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21040Piper PA-44-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920319007039A
- Case key
- 8575
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Probable cause
The dual student's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and inadequate supervision by the flight instructor. Factors were: wind gusts, wind shear and turbulence.
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.
Analysis
The commercial dual student and CFI were performing a visual approach. The student was at the controls and in the left seat. They were aware of wind shear alerts at a nearby airport, and moderate turbulence was observed on final approach prior to the accident. At about 30 feet AGL, the nose dropped sharply. Both pilots initiated a go around, however the aircraft collided with the runway in a nose high attitude. The pilots reported no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21040
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-7995037
- Airframe hours
- 4,044
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Airline Trans. Prof. Corp. USA
- Registered owner
- Airline Trans. Prof. Corp. USA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 6, 1992 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- RYY · Cobb County, runway 27, 5,105 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 796 total · 388 in this make and model · 533 as pilot in command · 267 in the last 90 days · 118 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGE, 7 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.