- Date
- November 30, 1986, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pine Bush, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8297YPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861130087209A
- Case key
- 30566
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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 and student were practicing a simulated eng failure when the accident occurred. At 1700 ft MSL, during the simulated emergency descent, the CFI applied full throttle to terminate the simulation and eng pwr could not be regained. During the forced landing apch, the acft contacted trees and a piece of farm equipment. Cause of the power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8297Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116085
- Airframe hours
- 2,924
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- General Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 16, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
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
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 350 in this make and model · 730 as pilot in command · 378 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.