- Date
- January 15, 1990, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8445GPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900115000949A
- Case key
- 32615
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to an undetermined reason. A factor related to the accident was: rough terrain in the emergency landing area.
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
Shortly after taking off from a touch-&-go landing on rwy 4, the eng lost power at about 200' AGL. The instructor (CFI) took control of the acft & tried to land on rwy 27. However, he was unable to align the acft with the rwy. The acft went onto a rough/grass area, then the nose gear collapsed. No reason was found for the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8445G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8216017
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Skyline Motors Avtn Svcs, Inc
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Destination
- FMY · Fort Myers, FL
- Airport
- IMM · Immokalee, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 20 in this make and model · 295 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FMY, 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.
Other investigations on N8445G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.