# Accident 19980831022459A: Piper PA34200, Daytona Beach, FL, August 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1998, 11:53 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1895° N, 81.0491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1895&lon=-81.0491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15541, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15541-1998-11-07) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980831022459A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LEFT WING DIPPED ON LANDING IN APPROX A 60 DEGREE BANK POSSIBLY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE RIGHT ABOVE THE RWY. (.19)ON AUGUST 31, 1998, ABOUT 1153 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-200, N15541, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, CRASHED WHILE ON APPROCAH TO LAND AT DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE-RATED DUAL STUDENT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DAYTONA BEACH,  THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1100.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED TO THE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR THAT WHILE ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED.  THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND DESCENDED.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT WING FIRST AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND A TAXIWAY. (.4) THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE LEFT ENGINE QUIT AS THE DUAL-STUDENT FLARED FOR LANDING. THE DUAL STUDENT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE LEFT. AS THE INST RUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL, THE DUAL-STUDENT FROZE ON THE CONTROLS. THE INSTRUCTOR PLACED THE LEFT PROPELLER IN THE FEATHERED POSITION AND AS HE CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO GAIN CONTROL FROM THE DUAL-STUDENT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND LEFT WING FIRST AND SPUN AROUND COMING TO REST. THE LEFT ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE PLACED ON A ENGINE TEST STAND AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND OPERATED TO FULL POWER WITH NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION THAT WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF POWER. (-23) ON 08/31/98 PIPER N1554 CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT DURING A 14 CFR PART 61 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT WHILE ON SHORT FINAL HE NOTICED A YAWING TENDENCY IN THE AIRCRAFT AND BELIEVED THE LEFT ENGINE HAD FAILED. AS THE INSTRUCTOR WAS FEATHERING THE LEFT ENGINE, THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER TO BEGIN A GO AROUND. CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST, AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, 4000 FEET FROM THRESHOLD.

## 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 MIA98LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA232), Aug 31, 1998: Piper PA-34-200 (N15541), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The dual-student's attempt to perform a go-around after a reported loss of power in the left engine during landing flare and his failure to relinquish the controls to the instructor when control was…

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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