C172 instructor pilot with his student; performing a simulated forced landing south of buy; reporte ...

Attributes
ACN	1400790
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BUY.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16 Flight Crew Total 6720 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Performing simulated forced landing (SFL) with student training for private pilot certificate. Maneuver was performed in an area not normally used for practice. We were training in the area where flight check was to take place next day. During descent CFI spotted two towers marked with elevation of 1845 (941 AGL). Towers were visible out right side of aircraft estimated 1 NM north and well below. Depiction is for multiple antennas. Did not know there was a third much taller tower closer to aircraft. Continued left spiral to lose altitude for SFL. As heading approached east; CFI saw the taller tower out left quarter panel of windshield; estimated 0.5 to 1.0 mile north. Turned away to south. Was surprised to see the third and taller tower. Takeaways (1) it's hard to find a place to do sfls in this part of nc. But I'll be even more vigilant in future. I'm always looking for the big three: towers; terrain; and traffic; but they're hard to see; especially with the long shadows of late day. (2) the third tower was not painted red and white...all should be. (3) and the number of NOTAMS for unlighted towers is disgusting. (4) multiple tower symbol should show exact number. I'll go with height shown for tallest. (5) this tall tower too near airways and airports. (6) saved by divine intervention once again in 50+ years of flying.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 instructor pilot with his student; performing a simulated forced landing south of BUY; reporte detecting three towers at N35 56 49.5 W79 26 09.8 near the location of twin towers noted on the sectional at 1845 MSL. The third tower appeared taller than the other two and was unlit.

Narrative: Performing simulated forced landing (SFL) with student training for private pilot certificate. Maneuver was performed in an area not normally used for practice. We were training in the area where flight check was to take place next day. During descent CFI spotted two towers marked with elevation of 1845 (941 AGL). Towers were visible out right side of aircraft estimated 1 NM north and well below. Depiction is for multiple antennas. Did not know there was a third much taller tower closer to aircraft. Continued left spiral to lose altitude for SFL. As heading approached east; CFI saw the taller tower out left quarter panel of windshield; estimated 0.5 to 1.0 mile north. Turned away to south. Was surprised to see the third and taller tower. Takeaways (1) It's hard to find a place to do SFLs in this part of NC. But I'll be even more vigilant in future. I'm always looking for the big three: Towers; Terrain; and Traffic; but they're hard to see; especially with the long shadows of late day. (2) The third tower was not painted red and white...all should be. (3) And the number of NOTAMS for unlighted towers is disgusting. (4) Multiple tower symbol should show exact number. I'll go with height shown for tallest. (5) This tall tower too near airways and airports. (6) Saved by divine intervention once again in 50+ years of flying.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

C172 instructor pilot with his student; performing a simulated forced landing south of buy; reporte detecting three towers at N35 56 49.5 W79 26 09.8 near the location of twin towers noted on the sectional at 1845 MSL. The third tower appeared taller than the other two and was unlit.