Piper PA-30 N7358Y

Summary

On 28 January 1996 at about 21:46 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7358Y was involved in an accident near Hilo, Hawaii, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 January 1996 at 21:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Hilo, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Hilo International (ITO)

Coordinates

19.6903, -155.0801

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7358Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX96LA102

Nobody was injured.

Inadequate supervision of the student pilot by the flight instructor during an attempted go-around from a balked landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and collision with a distance remaining marker.

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

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The pilot/flight instructor reported that the student pilot was in the left seat operating the controls as they approached for landing with the left engine idled to simulate zero thrust. The student flared the aircraft for landing too high above the runway, and the flight instructor called for a go-around. The student advanced power on the right engine, and the aircraft yawed about 30 degrees to the left. The flight instructor took control of the aircraft and reduced power to idle on both engines as the aircraft veered off the runway to the left about 5,000 feet from the landing threshold. The aircraft landed in a grass area off the runway, and the right wing struck a distance remaining marker about 3 feet inboard from the wing tip. The flight instructor regained control, stopping the aircraft in the grass area.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.