ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294549
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| Date: | Saturday 4 September 2004 |
| Time: | 19:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Guy R And Tyler R Glahn |
| Registration: | N2415P |
| MSN: | 18-4290 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Blaine, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Blaine, WA |
| Blaine, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the private pilot-rated student was climbing through 400 feet above the water in the float-equipped airplane, the instructor pilot pulled the power to idle and instructed the student to execute a simulated engine-out forced landing on the waters of a bay. The student then established the aircraft in a controlled slip in order to descend to the point at which he wanted to touch down. When the aircraft was about 50 feet above the water, and still in a slip, the instructor, who had just warned the student to watch the airspeed, thought that the aircraft was about to enter a stall. In order to keep the aircraft from entering the stall, the instructor added full power and pushed forward on the control stick. The aircraft then pitched down and impacted the surface of the water in a 30 to 40 degree nose-down attitude. It was the opinion of the student that the aircraft was not about to enter a stall, but that the instructor pilot misinterpreted some light turbulence, and the wing-low attitude created by the slip, as the beginning of a stall.
Probable Cause: The instructor pilot's inadequate remedial action during his student's final approach for a simulated engine out water landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA04LA183
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Oct-2022 19:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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