# Accident 19940402007349A: Piper PA44180, Bunnell, FL, April 2, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1994, 12:17 local time
- Place: Bunnell, FL
- Airport: Flagler County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.4661° N, 81.2578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunnell, FL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4661&lon=-81.2578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8303G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8303G-1996-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,831 total, 282 in this make and model, 238 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940402007349A

## Narrative

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

CFI GAVE STUDENT LEFT ENGINE OUT. ON FINAL ADVISED GEAR NOT DOWN. CFI GAVE FULL POWER RIGHT ENGINE. ROLLED. CRASHED

## 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 MIA94LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA109), Apr 2, 1994: Piper PA-44-180 (N8303G), Bunnell, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM CONTROL SPEED (VMC) DURING THE GO-AROUND, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE DELAY BY THE DUAL…

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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