# Accident 19981027040569A: Piper PA34200T, Ormond Beach, FL, October 27, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 27, 1998 - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10 - Aircraft: N45SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45SA-2001-06-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-34 (registry code 7103404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA016) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981027040569A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON OCTOBER 27, 1998, ABOUT 1241 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-34, N45SA, REGISTERED TO INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL CONSULTANTS, INC., CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND AT ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ORMOND BEACH, 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 COMMERCIAL-RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, COMMERCIAL-RATED DUAL STUDENT, AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1145. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THEY HAD PERFORMED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOLLOWED BY A CIRCLE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 08. THEY PERFORMED A GO-AROUND AND ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 08. ON THE DOWNWIND LEG SHE SIMULATED FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE FOR THE STUDENT BY MOVING THE THROTTLE TO 11 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE STUDENT CONTINUED THE APPROACH WITH THE SIMULATED FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE AND ON FINAL APPROACH THE STUDENT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WAS POINTING TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING THE RUNWAY AT AN ANGLE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MOVED BOTH THROTTLES TO THE FULL POWER POSITION TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. THE LEFT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING DROPPED DOWN. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CLOSED BOTH THROTTLES AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED HARD ON THE RUNWAY WHILE ANGLED TO THE LEFT. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT. (-23) ON 27 OCTOBER 1998, AT 11:30 EST, MISS LISA COLLEEN SANFORD, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES NUMBER 293625382, WAS GIVING DUAL MULTIENGINE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO MISS SWETHA PRAKASH TEMKER, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE NUMBER 595617284. THE AIRCRAFT USED WAS A PIPER PA-34-200. N45SA OWNED BY INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL CONSULTANTS OF DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. MISS TEMKER WAS EXECUTING A SIMULATED LEFT ENGINE OUT APROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 8 AT THE ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY TWICE. WHEN THE AIRCR AFT DRIFTED THE SECOND TIME, THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE "GO AROUND" PROCEDURES WITH EXTREME RAPID ADVANCE OF BOTH THROTTLES TO FULL POWER. THE RIGHT IMMEDIATELY DELIVERED FULL POWER, HOWEVER, THE LEFT ENGINE FALTERED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND IN A LEFT BANK. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOTS OR PASSENGER. ## 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 MIA99LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA016), Oct 27, 1998: Piper PA-34 (N45SA), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain Vmc speed, which resulted in a loss of control, and his improper operation of the throttle given the known full rich operating condition of the left engine. A… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.