# Accident 19980905022759A: Piper PA34200, St Augustine, FL, September 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1998, 13:57 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0105° N, 81.4091° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0105&lon=-81.4091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40805, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40805-1999-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,835 total, 233 in this make and model, 265 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980905022759A

## Narrative

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

ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY AND WENT INTO THE GRASS. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1998, ABOUT 1357 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-200, N40805, REGISTERED TO FLORIDA AVIATION CAREER TRAINING, INC., CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND AT ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 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 AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND DUAL STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AT. AUGUSTINE, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1250.  THE INSTURCTOR STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND DUE TO UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY CLIMBED AND THEN ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND DESCENDED.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND LEFT WING TIP FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE AND THEN CAME TO REST.  EXAMINATION OF RUNWAY 13 BY AN FAA INSPECTOR SHOWED A SERIES OF PERPENDICULAR SLASH MARKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE STARTING AT 1,200 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END THRESHOLD AND AGAIN AT 1,750 FEET.  AT 2,200 FEET, SLASH MARKS APPEAR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE . AT 3,200 FEET, SLASH MARKS APPEAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN FAA INSPECTOR AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED POSITION.  THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS CURLED OVER ON ITSELF ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE BLADE LENGTH.  THE RIGHT HAND PORPELLER WAS CURLED OVER ON ITSELF ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE BLADE LENGTH.                                                             (-23) AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN FLIGHT TRAINING. SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE FAILURE UPON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AT SGJ. UPON FLAREOUT AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. PILOT ATTEMPTED GO AROUND, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, STRUCK ADJOINING TAXIWAY WITH LEFT WING AND CARTWHEELED AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA98LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA238), Sep 5, 1998: Piper PA-34-200 (N40805), St. Augustine, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the flight instructor and dual student to ensure the landing gear was extended for landing and their attempted go-around after the aircraft and propellers contacted the runway. This…

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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