Accident Piper PA-44 N853ND,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359545
 
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Date:Tuesday 22 November 1994
Time:17:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA44 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-44
Owner/operator:University Of North Dakota
Registration: N853ND
MSN: 4495007
Total airframe hrs:3058 hours
Engine model:LYCOMING O-360-A1H6
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Thief Rvr Falls, MN -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:(KTVF)
Destination airport:Grand Forks, ND (GFK
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) REPORTED HE WAS GIVING A PRIVATE PILOT DUAL INSTRUCTION IN PREPARATION FOR A MULTI-ENGINE RATING. THE CFI SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF, AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 150' AGL, HE RETARDED THE RIGHT ENGINE TO IDLE TO SIMULATE A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PRIVATE PILOT RESPONDED BY REDUCING THE POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE, AND RETURNING TO THE RUNWAY FOR LANDING. THE CFI WROTE IN HIS REPORT TO THE NTSB THAT THE PRIVATE PILOT MISJUDGED THE LANDING FLARE, AND LANDED HARD, DAMAGING THE AIRPLANE.

Probable Cause: the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during a simulated forced landing. A factor in the accident is the student pilot's improper landing flare.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI95LA043
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI95LA043

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
14 June 1996 N853ND University Of North Dakota 0 Grand Forks, ND sub

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