- Date
- May 20, 1984, 11:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Waipahu,Oahu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4166YBellanca 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840520034799A
- Case key
- 24271
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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 CFI gave the student a simulated forced landing and the student spiraled down to 400 ft AGL. When the CFI said 'i'vegot the airplane' the acft nose came up and the acft started to settle. The CFI stated he applied power but the acft continued to settle, stalling into a sugar cane field. The CFI blamed the accident on the slow response of the engine. The engine was functionally checked and no discrepancies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4166Y
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33577
- Airframe hours
- 527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur Tyson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1983 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 13,000 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.