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An instructor took control of the PA-28 and landed off airport after the engine failed at 900 ft while his student was flying a GPS approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1069703 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201301 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 2900 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
I; [the] instructor; and my instrument student took off. We were on an instrument flight plan in VMC conditions in a piper PA-28/G. On our second approach into a nearby airport and 45 minutes into the flight we had engine failure. We were on the GPS 30 with my student at the controls and under the 'hood'. We were 1.5 NM from the airport; off-center final to runway 30. The landing checklist had been completed. The wind conditions reported was calm. We were on the CTAF and I declared a mayday and engine failure on this frequency. Immediately recognizing the problem as engine failure I took the controls and instructed my student to switch fuel tanks. At this point we were 400 to 500 ft AGL. I immediately banked the aircraft 90 degrees to my left and aimed for a field. I adjusted the throttle to no avail. I deployed full flaps due to airspeed and the shortness of the field. At this point we were around 88 KTS. I saw a berm in the field and wanted to miss it so we touched down just after. I brought the yolk fully aft and used maximum braking to avoid the telephone poles and road at the end of the field. The airplane started to skid and came to a halt 60 ft from the pole. We turned everything off before exiting the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Instructor took control of the PA-28 and landed off airport after the engine failed at 900 FT while his student was flying a GPS approach.
Narrative: I; [the] instructor; and my instrument student took off. We were on an instrument flight plan in VMC conditions in a Piper PA-28/G. On our second approach into a nearby airport and 45 minutes into the flight we had engine failure. We were on the GPS 30 with my student at the controls and under the 'hood'. We were 1.5 NM from the airport; off-center final to Runway 30. The landing checklist had been completed. The wind conditions reported was calm. We were on the CTAF and I declared a mayday and engine failure on this frequency. Immediately recognizing the problem as engine failure I took the controls and instructed my student to switch fuel tanks. At this point we were 400 to 500 FT AGL. I immediately banked the aircraft 90 degrees to my left and aimed for a field. I adjusted the throttle to no avail. I deployed full flaps due to airspeed and the shortness of the field. At this point we were around 88 KTS. I saw a berm in the field and wanted to miss it so we touched down just after. I brought the yolk fully aft and used maximum braking to avoid the telephone poles and road at the end of the field. The airplane started to skid and came to a halt 60 FT from the pole. We turned everything off before exiting the aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.