# Incident 19960821031749I: Piper PA44180, Provo, UT, August 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Airport: Provo Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2192° N, 111.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVO MUNI (PVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2192&lon=-111.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2237U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2237U-2009-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 78 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960821031749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 MDT, PIPER N2237U WITH (IDENTITY EXPUNGED) AS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND ADMINISTERING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO BARNEY SAUNDERS, A MULTIENGINE STUDENT WAS ON A DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 31 AT PROVO, UTAH AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL WHEN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (IDENTITY EXPUNGED), SHUTOFF THE FUEL SUPPLY TO ENGINE #1 (LEFT ENGINE). AT 300 FEET AGL THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND THE STUDENT BEGAN PROCEDURES TO IDENTIFY AND FEATHER THE DEAD ENGINE. THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT REACT SOON ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE ENGINE FROM DOING A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN. AT THIS TIME THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND ORDERED THE STUDENT TO RESTART ENGINE #1. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART AND THE INSTRUCTOR HAD TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A NEARBY ALFALFA FIELD NARROWLY MISSING A DRAINAGE DITCH IN THAT FIELD. AFTER EVERYBODY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THE INSTRUCTOR TELEPHONED A MECHANIC AT THE PROVO AIRPORT. THE MECHANIC CAME TO THE SCENE, DETERMINED THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND TOLD THE PILOT SO. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN DETERMINED THAT HE WANTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE FIELD BEFORE HIS OFFICER FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. DURING THAT TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT H IT THE DRAINAGE DITCH AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, BENDING IT INWARD AND BACKWARD AT THE HALF STRUT POINT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PROVO, UTAH AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 MDT ON AUGUST 21, 1996. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS CASE CLOSED. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

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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