# Incident 19990101038059I: Piper PA34200, Cocoa, FL, January 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15024, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15024) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 737 total, 72 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990101038059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CFI INITIATED SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE DURING RWY 11 TAKEOFF ROLL, AND THE PRIVATE-PILOT STUDENT AND THE CFI LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED VASI LIGHTS.  ACFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER, RIGHT WING, LEFT ENGINE COWLING, AND LEFT GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N15024 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020509014079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020509014079I), May 9, 2002: Piper PA34200 (N15024), Bunnell, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 05-09-2002 N15024, a pa 34-200 was being operated by wrightway aviation center, LLC, a certificated flight school (W5YS637K), with the flight…

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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