- Date
- July 13, 1986, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2155PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860713032169A
- Case key
- 22055
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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.
Analysis
The instructor pilot was instructing his student pilot in an engine shutdown for a multi-engine instructor rating, after which the engine would not restart. The instructor decided to land at the closest airport. While on final approach another aircraft landed on the runway and did not clear the runway when asked to do so. The instructor attempted a single engine go-around with gear down, but could not gain enough altitude or airspeed. The instructor lost control of the aircraft, which started to roll over hitting the left wing first and then cartwheeling to the right. The aircraft landed 75 feet from the end of the runway. FAA examination of the engine starter disclosed no mechanical failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2155P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-757
- Airframe hours
- 4,716
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cardinal Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 3, 1986 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- ILE · Killeen, TX
- Airport
- T04 · Georgetown, runway 18, 4,100 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,283 total · 38 in this make and model · 4,397 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 25 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.