- Date
- April 24, 1987, 20:30 local (Apr 25, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2005CTaylorcraft F21 TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 17107
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Maneuver - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Emergency procedure - simulatedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The flt instructor and student plt were practicing night touch and go landings. Flt instructor reduced engine power to idle after takeoff to simulate an engine failure. He banked the acft 'steeply' to the left at a low altitude. The acft struck the ground in a wings level, nose low attitude. Exam of acft wreckage revealed no evidence of a pre-impact machanical malfunction or failure of the acft. Both occupants received serious injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2005C
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F21 TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F1012
- Airframe hours
- 728
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Boulder Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bristol Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1986 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- IVS · Boulder, CO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 652 total · 60 in this make and model · 639 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 7 nm away