ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382491
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 March 1983 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | Skyline Motors Avia. Serv. Inc |
| Registration: | N8445G |
| MSN: | 28-8216017 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 643 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-230-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lehigh Acres, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Ft. Myers, FL (KFMY) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING A SIMULATED, ENGINE-OUT, EMERGENCY, THE STUDENT ELECTED TO MAKE AN APPROACH TO A PAVED ROAD. WHILE TURNING TO A FINAL APPROACH AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) OBSERVED POWER LINES IN THEIR PATH. THE CFI ADVISED THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND. THE STUDENT RAISED THE NOSE WITHOUT ADDING POWER AND THE ACFT BEGAN TO STALL. THE CFI IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO ASSUME CONTROL OF THE PLANE, BUT AT FIRST, THE STUDENT WOULD NOT RELINQUISH THE CONTROLS. THE CFI FINALLY RECOVERED FROM THE STALL. REPORTEDLY HE HAD TO FLY BENEATH THE POWER LINES. THE ACFT CLEARED UNDER THE POWER LINES, BUT THE LEFT WING STRUCK AN 8 FT STREET SIGN. THE OUTBOARD 4 FT OF THE WING SEPARATED AND THE PLANE CRASHED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA83LA085
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 January 1990 | N8445G | Skyline Motors Avtn Svcs, Inc | 0 | Immokalee, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 14:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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