Piper PA28-151 N32033

Summary

On 19 March 2005 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA28-151 registered N32033 was involved in an accident near Eastman, Georgia, 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

19 March 2005 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Eastman, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

32.2139, -83.1278

Aircraft

Piper PA28-151

Registration

N32033

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eastman → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL05CA064

Nobody was injured.

The certified flight instructors failure to maintain a visual look out while demonstrating a simulated emergency landing resulting in an in-flight collision with a known transmission wire.

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

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The flight instructor was demonstrating a simulated emergency landing in a local training area with known transmission power lines. The flight instructor initiated a climb to recover from the simulated emergency landing and the airplane collided with the transmission wire. The flight instructor stated, "I simply failed to maintain a visual look out resulting in the collision with the wires."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.