# Incident 19990612039379I: Piper PA44180, Daytona Beach, FL, June 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1999, 20:38 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8086Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8086Z-2010-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990612039379I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MOLETTI WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 7L HE ACCELERATED TO 75-80KNOTS, THEN AFTER BECOMING AIR BORN PILOT MOLETTI SELECTED GEAR UP THEN IMMEDIATLEY SELECTED GEAR DOWN SINCE THERE WAS RUNWAY REMAINING. AT THE TIME AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATING FOR TAKE OFF PASSENGER CRUZ, WHO WAS SETTING IN THE RIGHT SEAT, NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT WING DROPPED SLIGHTLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SAW SPARKS COMING FROM BELOW THE RIGHT ENGINE.  AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLIMB, BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS YAWYING TO THE RIGHT.  THIS CONDITION CONTINUED ANDTHE PILOT DECIDED TO TURN, DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND LAND ON RUNWAY 25L WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE RIGHT PROPELLER ASSEMBLY WAS DAMAGED DUE TO SEVERE IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8086Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19900421018809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900421018809I), Apr 21, 1990: Piper PA44180 (N8086Z), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Gear retracted when instructor activated breaker as student raised gear handle on landing rollout.

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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