NTSB Identification: FTW83LA214.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 22048.
Accident occurred Sunday, May 01, 1983 in KRUM, TX
Aircraft: PIPER PA-38-112, registration: N2495K
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING AND GO-AROUND. THE ACFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WASSHEARED AND THE LEFT WING DRAGGED DURING GROUND CONTACT. THE CFI HAD GIVEN THE STUDENT A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING DURING THE APPROACH AND SINCE THE STUDENT WAS NOT MAKING THE INTENDED LANDING AREA A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 1100 FT POWER WAS AGAIN CUT OFF FOR A LANDING. THE STUDENT DID NOT REACT PROMPTLY AND ACFT ENTERED AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT WHICH WAS NOT CORRECTED BEFORE CONTACT EVEN THOUGH THE CFI HAD ORDERED A 2ND GO-AROUND.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
LACK OF RECENT TOTAL EXPERIENCE..DUAL STUDENT
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
PROPER DESCENT RATE..EXCEEDED..DUAL STUDENT
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
GO-AROUND..DELAYED..PILOT IN COMMAND(CFI)
Contributing Factors
LANDING GEAR,MAIN GEAR ATTACHMENT..OVERLOAD
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..CROP
Contributing Factors
PRECAUTIONARY LANDING..SIMULATED..PILOT IN COMMAND(CFI)
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