Sat, Nov 27, 2010
Practice Emergency Gets REALLY Real
It's a rite of passage... simulating an engine failure in
order to practice and hone skills that you hope NEVER to use.
Sometimes the practice becomes a mite real -- too real in the case
of a Designated Pilot Examiner who chopped the throttle on an
applicant... and then found it wasn't willing to come back to life.
Ya just know that a few choice words were uttered upon that
realization... Repeat after me, folks... OH SH**!
NTSB Identification: CEN11LA069
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, November 12, 2010 in Farmersburg,
IN
Aircraft: CESSNA 172R, registration: N531HF
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may
contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when
the final report has been completed.
On November 12, 2010, about 1535 eastern standard time, a Cessna
172R, N531HF, piloted by a student pilot, was substantially damaged
during a forced landing following an in-flight loss of engine power
near Farmersburg, Indiana. The local flight was being conducted
under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan.
The purpose of the flight was to conduct a private pilot practical
test. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and
designated pilot examiner on-board were not injured. The flight
departed Terre Haute International Airport – Hulman Field
(HUF), Terre Haute, Indiana, at 1505.
The flight test progressed normally, and had included stall and
steep turn demonstrations prior to the loss of engine power. The
flight crew reported that they conducted a simulated engine failure
and were unable to regain engine power at the conclusion of the
maneuver. The designated pilot examiner subsequently executed a
forced landing to a tilled soybean field. The airplane nosed over
during the landing rollout, coming to rest inverted.
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