- Date
- May 28, 1990, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bunnell, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2171NPiper PA-44-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900528019819A
- Case key
- 32667
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Probable cause
The dual students failure to flare properly during a simulated forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the flight instructor to properly monitor the student during the simulated forced landing.
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
Flt instructor retarded throttle on lt. eng. After lift off . Student retarded throttle on rt. Eng. And lowered nose to descend to runway for landing. Excessive speed was gained in the descent and the student flared improperly resulting in a hard landing and separation of the right main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2171N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-7995225
- Airframe hours
- 4,522
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E1A60, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eagle Flight Center, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 12, 1990 · 77 hours before
- Airport
- X47 · Flagler County, runway 24, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,511 total · 113 in this make and model · 1,383 as pilot in command · 315 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 15 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.