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What About That Aircraft That…..

What About That Aircraft That…. Eric Treland FAASTeam Representative. Serious Training $$ Cutbacks. What About That Aircraft That. Ran Off the Runway ? Hit a Bird ? Had a Near Miss ? Had a Mid-Air ? CRASHED ?. FAASTeam. Faa.gov. NTSB.gov. In Tree. N6487J (Preliminary).

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What About That Aircraft That…..

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  1. What About That Aircraft That….. Eric Treland FAASTeam Representative

  2. Serious Training $$ Cutbacks

  3. What About That Aircraft That • Ran Off the Runway ? • Hit a Bird ? • Had a Near Miss ? • Had a Mid-Air ? • CRASHED?

  4. FAASTeam

  5. Faa.gov

  6. NTSB.gov

  7. In Tree

  8. N6487J (Preliminary) • 7 Dec 2006; PA 28-180; Night VMC; PPC: PIC TT 1109; TT in type 1; Falcon CO; • The pilot was established on a base leg for runway 15 (6,000 feet by 60 feet, asphalt) when the engine lost power • The pilot lined up with an adjacent road and continued for a forced landing • Prior to the landing he checked his carburetor heat, mixture, throttle, and magnetos in an attempt to troubleshoot the power loss • He stated that he observed car lights and "swerved into [the] tree."

  9. N6487J (Preliminary) • The airplane was removed from the tree and relocated to a hangar in Greeley, Colorado, for further examination • An examination of the engine and related systems revealed no anomalies • The closest official weather observation station was City of Colorado Springs (COS), Colorado Springs, Colorado, 11.6 nautical miles (nm) south southwest of the accident • METAR for COS, at 1654, reported, temperature - 010 C; dewpoint, - 050 C • According to the carburetor icing probability chart conditions were conducive for "serious icing at glide power" and "serious icing at cruise power."

  10. In Summary • ‘Learning’ Material www.faasafety.gov • 10 Day Preliminary Look-Back: www.faa.gov • Look-Back to 1962, > 140,000 Preliminary, Probable Cause, Factual: www.ntsb.gov/aviation/aviation.htm • Lessons for Students, Pilots, Instructors in Every Accident “You Won’t Live Long Enough To Make Them All – So Learn From The Mistakes Of Others!”

  11. Want More ? • www.faasafety.gov • www.faa.gov • www.ntsb.gov/ntsb

  12. Light Pole

  13. INITIAL IMPACT – RIGHT WING

  14. DAMAGED AREAS

  15. CRACKED AREA DAMAGED AREA

  16. DAMAGED AREA AROUND WING STRUT

  17. DAMAGED AREAS – LEFT WING

  18. FAA ?

  19. NTSB ? • April 30, 2006, about 1730 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N534SP, collided with a pole during taxi • noticed a small twin engine airplane land • twin engine airplane taxied back to the runway behind the Cessna 172 • pilot noticed that the twin engine airplane seemed to be in a hurry, because it was gaining on the 172 • pilot said he pulled off the taxiway to do his run-up and let the pilot of the twin engine airplane pass • He watched his right wing tip as he was turning in order to clear a light pole • he felt that he would clear the pole, he diverted his attention to his left wing. That is when he felt his right wing tip hit the pole. He shutdown the engine and secured the airplane. • probable cause of this accident as follows: pilot's failure to maintain wing clearance from a pole during taxi.

  20. Beginning Skid Marks N534SP, Again

  21. Temporary tie down Aircraft ends up here. Exists runway and hits sign

  22. FAA ?

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