Piper PA-34-200 N15145

Summary

On 21 November 2005 at about 21:40 local time, a Piper PA-34-200 registered N15145 was involved in an accident near Anahuac, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 November 2005 at 21:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Anahuac, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Chambers County Airport (T00)

Coordinates

29.7686, -94.6572

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200

Registration

N15145

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Laporte → Anahuac

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW06CA032

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's loss of directional control during the landing. A contributing factor was the flight instructor' delayed remedial action.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The 10,000-hour flight instructor and a commercial pilot receiving multi-engine instruction were conducting local multi-engine training. After the upper airwork portion of the flight was completed, the flight proceeded to a nearby airport to practice single-engine approaches and landings. Following the student's demonstration of an engine shutdown and restart procedure, the flight instructor asked the student to leave one engine at idle power for a simulated single-engine landing. During the first approach and landing, the flight instructor stated the student appeared to be on a stable approach to land on Runway 30 (a 3,005-feet long by 60-feet wide asphalt runway): however, when the airplane crossed the landing threshold, while at approximately 50-feet above the ground, the student pitched the airplane up and yawed the airplane approximately 45-degrees to the right. The instructor flight instructor stated that he took control of the airplane and pushed the nose of the aircraft down as he applied right rudder. Despite his effort, the airplane impacted the runway hard. The left main landing gear collapsed causing the airplane to exit the left side of runway. The pilot receiving multi-engine instruction was reported to have accumulated a total of 25-hours in twin engine airplanes. The flight instructor reported that at the time of the accident, the winds at the airport were 'light and variable." Additionally, he also reported there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.