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Instructor gives student practice forced landing near an abandoned airstrip resulting in over flying a group of people flying radio control model airplanes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 268498 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199404 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : l67 |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ash |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skipper 77 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 310 flight time type : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 268498 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was flight instructor with primary (pre-solo) student. Student was flying. We were just west of rialto airport (rialto, ca) at 3500 ft MSL. I simulated engine failure as a training maneuver, knowing that we were nearly above an old, abandoned airstrip. I told the student to simulate an emergency landing to the abandoned airstrip, which he set up for. At about 200 ft AGL, I told the student to break off the approach and gave him the engine back. It was only then that I saw several people on the ground, flying radio controled airplanes. This could have been a dangerous situation had one of their rc airplanes collided with us. The people were on the south parallel runway (which is east/west) and our approach was over them, to the north parallel runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR GIVES STUDENT PRACTICE FORCED LNDG NEAR AN ABANDONED AIRSTRIP RESULTING IN OVER FLYING A GROUP OF PEOPLE FLYING RADIO CTL MODEL AIRPLANES.
Narrative: I WAS FLT INSTRUCTOR WITH PRIMARY (PRE-SOLO) STUDENT. STUDENT WAS FLYING. WE WERE JUST W OF RIALTO ARPT (RIALTO, CA) AT 3500 FT MSL. I SIMULATED ENG FAILURE AS A TRAINING MANEUVER, KNOWING THAT WE WERE NEARLY ABOVE AN OLD, ABANDONED AIRSTRIP. I TOLD THE STUDENT TO SIMULATE AN EMER LNDG TO THE ABANDONED AIRSTRIP, WHICH HE SET UP FOR. AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL, I TOLD THE STUDENT TO BREAK OFF THE APCH AND GAVE HIM THE ENG BACK. IT WAS ONLY THEN THAT I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE GND, FLYING RADIO CTLED AIRPLANES. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DANGEROUS SIT HAD ONE OF THEIR RC AIRPLANES COLLIDED WITH US. THE PEOPLE WERE ON THE S PARALLEL RWY (WHICH IS E/W) AND OUR APCH WAS OVER THEM, TO THE N PARALLEL RWY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.