- Date
- June 2, 1987, 19:00 local (Jun 3, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2180RPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870602023859A
- Case key
- 13777
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
As the student plt was making a x-wind takeoff on a dual instructional flt, the instructor (CFI) reduced the power at about 15 ft AGL to simulate an eng failure. The student reacted by raising the nose of the acft, but the instructor corrected this by lowering the nose. However, drg the aborted takeoff, the student turned the acft into the x-wind. Subsequently, it veered off the rgt side of the rwy & struck a rwy light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2180R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5479
- Airframe hours
- 1,720
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blue Wanderers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 28, 1987 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- MZZ
- Airport
- MZZ · Marion, runway 22, 5,200 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,968 total · 320 in this make and model · 1,822 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.