- Date
- May 29, 1988, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Denton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98088Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880529050059A
- Case key
- 22646
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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 was simulating an engine-out emergency for the dual student. The student was making an approach to an emergency field with a line of trees on the approach end. When the instructor became aware that they might not reach the field, he directed the student to fly towards a gap in the trees for more clearance. Just before initiating a go-around, the aircraft settled and collided with powerlines in the gap. The flightcrew had not correctly assessed the location of the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98088
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26035
- Airframe hours
- 7,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tweeddale, Thomas A.
- Registered owner
- Thomas A Tweeddale
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 22,000 total · 5,500 in this make and model · 11,160 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 24 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.