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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Titusville, FL · May 19, 2000

Date: May 19, 2000 · 09:12 local
Place: Titusville, FL
Airport: Space Center Executive Airport
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N3492P
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA00FA163
Reported as: Piper PA23160
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

N3492PRegistration cancelled Dec 15, 2014 · Piper PA-23-160S/N 23-1468 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On may 19, 200, at approximately 0912 EDT a Piper PA-23-160 aircraft crashed in the vicinity of the Titusville Space Center Executive Airport (tix) while being operated on title 49, 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight. The commercially rated instructor pilot survived the accident, the studentdid not. The flight instructor stated in a subsequent statment that they were practicing emergency procedures in the traffic pattern and that he had retarded the mixture control on the right engine, the student correctly identified the engine and zero thrust was established. The aircraft then got "slow" and the student lost control, the instructor recovered with some loss of alititude and control of the aircraft was returned to the student. The instructor stated that he then noticed that the aircraft was getting slow again, below VMC, the student again lost control of the aircraft and in this incident the instructor was unable to regain control of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 19, 200, AT APPROXIMATELY 0912 EDT A PIPER PA-23-160 AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF THE TITUSVILLE SPACE CENTER EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TIX) WHILE BEING OPERATED ON TITLE 49, 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED INSTRUCTOR PILOT SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT, THE STUDENTDID NOT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED IN A SUBSEQUENT STATMENT THAT THEY WERE PRACTICING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND THAT HE HAD RETARDED THE MIXTURE CONTROL ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, THE STUDENT CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE ENGINE AND ZERO THRUST WAS ESTABLISHED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN GOT "SLOW" AND THE STUDENT LOST CONTROL, THE INSTRUCTOR RECOVERED WITH SOME LOSS OF ALITITUDE AND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE STUDENT. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE THEN NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS GETTING SLOW AGAIN, BELOW VMC, THE STUDENT AGAIN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IN THIS INCIDENT THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA00FA163Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportTitusville, FLThe failure of the PIC to maintain control of the aircraft while in the simulated engine inoperative configuration in the landing pattern during a checkout flight resulting in an uncontrolled descent and collision with trees. A factor in the accident is the…May 19, 2000 · Destroyed