Piper PA-44-180 N2163N

Summary

On 1 December 2011 at about 03:30 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered N2163N, operated by Hillsboro Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Seattle, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 December 2011 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Boeing Field/King County Inter (BFI)

Coordinates

47.5300, -122.3019

Aircraft

Piper PA-44-180

Registration

N2163N

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Hillsboro Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seattle → Portland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

WPR12LA051

2 people had minor injuries.

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around.

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

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The flight instructor reported that, shortly after the student pilot conducted the takeoff, she noticed an uncommanded yaw, and she then took control of the airplane. The flight instructor started to land straight ahead, lowered the nose, and reduced power, but then she decided that insufficient runway remained to land, so she initiated a go-around. The airplane rolled sharply right and then descended in an uncontrolled inverted attitude, impacted the ground, and struck a parked airplane. The airplane fuselage and wings were substantially damaged from impact and partially consumed by the postcrash fire. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.