# Accident 19890324004549A: Piper PA34200, Lake Elsinore, CA, March 24, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1989, 12:03 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Go Around
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4374T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4374T-1992-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,760 total, 130 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890324004549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GAVE STUDENT ENGINE OUT LANDING WITH PROP FEATHERED. TOO HIGH,TRIED TO GO AROUND ON ONE ENGINE. HIT A HORSE CORRAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX89LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA135), Mar 24, 1989: Piper PA-34-200 (N4374T), Lake Elsinore, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: CFI DISPLAYED POOR JUDGEMENT IN HIS DEMONSTRATION OF SINGLE ENGINE OPERATION OF A TWIN ENGINE ACFT. HIS LACK OF SUPERVISION OF AN IMPROPER, DETERIORATING SITUATION ASSURED AN UNSUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.

## Other reports on N4374T (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790729022539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729022539I), Jul 29, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N4374T), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on roll out due to broken bracket.
- [Incident 19781125024599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781125024599I), Nov 25, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N4374T), Avalon, CA, Minor damage. With application of brakes after landing pilot lost directional control as one brake failed. Hit fence.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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