- Date
- February 4, 1987, 17:09 local (23:09 UTC)
- Place
- Kingfisher, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26RFPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870204075319A
- Case key
- 22326
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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 pilot stated that he was demonstrating emergency landing procedures to the student pilot. At about 1000 AGL he instructed the student to apply full power for a go around. According to the pilot, the engine developed full power for about 30 sec. And failed. The aircraft crashed in a soft, wet, freshly plowed field. Collapsing the landing gear and damaging both wing spars.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26RF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-2906
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry Frankey
- Registered owner
- Henry C. Franke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- HSD · Sundance, OK
- Airport
- HSD · Sundance Arpt
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,906 total · 271 in this make and model · 1,773 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 27 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.