- Date
- March 24, 1989, 12:03 local (20:03 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Elsinore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4374TPiper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890324004549A
- Case key
- 26359
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Probable cause
CFI displayed poor judgement in his demonstration of single engine operation of a twin engine acft. His lack of supervision of an improper, deteriorating situation assured an unsuccessful conclusion.
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 of a PA-34-200 attempted to make a single engine go-around and collided with the terrain near Lake Elsinore, CA. The CFI stated that he had shutdown the left engine and feathered the propeller to demonstrate, to the student, single- engine procedures and performance. The CFI then told his student to perform a single-engine landing. The student was high and fast on final. The student attempted a go-around but, the acft did not respond with a positive rate of climb. The CFI took control of the acft but, was also unsuccessful in gaining a positive rate of climb. The acft would not clear power lines that were located at the end of the runway. The CFI descended the acft and flew under them. The acft then entered into a positive rate of climb but not enough to clear houses in their flight path. The CFI elected to land straight ahead. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the acft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4374T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7250080
- Airframe hours
- 4,310
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C-1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Steve Mayes
- Registered owner
- Steve Mayes
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1988 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- L66 · Concord, CA
- Airport
- L49 · Skylark, runway 11, 2,575 × 80 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,760 total · 130 in this make and model · 3,700 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.