# Incident 19970526017859I: Cessna 337G, Twentynine Palm, CA, May 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Twentynine Palm, CA
- Airport: Twentynine Palms Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1316° N, 115.9458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWENTYNINE PALMS (TNP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1316&lon=-115.9458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53704, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970526017859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PURPOSE OF THIS FLIGHT WAS THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW (BFR). THE INSTRUCTOR DISPUTES THAT STATEMENT SAYING HE WAS "JUST IN THE AIRPLANE." THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE (HEREAFTER CALLED THE STUDENT) WAS 11 MONTHS PAST THE TIME LIMIT ON HIS LAST BFR, SO HE COULD NOT FUNCTION AS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) ON THIS FLIGHT. ACCORDINGLY, THE INSTRUCTOR WAS THE PIC. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT RATED IN MULTIENGINE AIRPLANES, EITHER ON HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE OR ON HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE. DURING THIS FLIGHT THE INSTRUCTOR REQUESTED THE STUDENT TO PERFORM SEVERAL SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURES ON TAKEOFF MANEUVERS. THE STUDENT PERFORMED TWO SUCH MANEUVERS WITH THE FRONT ENGINE SIMULATED "FAILED". ON EACH OF THE PREVIOUS MANEUVERS THE INSTRUCTOR BELIEVED THE STUDENT WAS NOT RAISING THE LANDING GEAR EARLY ENOUGH IN THE MANEUVER. ON THIS LAST MANEUVER, THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT WHEN TO RAISE THE GEAR. THE STUDENT BELIEVES THAT WHEN THE GEAR DOORS OPENED, THE INCREASED DRAG EXCEEDED THE CAPABILITY OF THE AIRPLANE TO FLY ON JUST ONLY THE FRONT ENGINE (THE REAR ENGINE ON THIS AIRPLANE DEVELOPS MOST OF THE THRUST). THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND 1/4 MILE BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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