Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 2900; Flight Crew Type 500
Workload; Training / Qualification; Time Pressure; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft; Human Factors
I am a Flight Instructor and my Instrument Student took off late morning. We were on an instrument flight plan in VMC conditions in a Piper PA-28/G. On our second approach 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 on; off-center final to Runway 30. The Landing Checklist had been completed. So the fuel pump; landing light; was ON. Mixture was rich. 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 max 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.
A PA-28 instructor took control of the aircraft from his hooded instrument student pilot and made a safe off airport landing after declaring an emergency because his engine quit at 800 FT.