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Date
July 21, 2000 · 13:30 local
Place
New Smyrna Beac, FL
Airport
Massey Ranch Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Missed Approach IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2240U
Reported as
Piper PA44180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360E1A6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
967 total160 in this make and model177 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23)Instructor pilot was demonstrating a short field landing. Instructor pilot increased power to arrest sink rate. Left engine did not respond to the increase of the power lever. Aircraft landed short of the runway contacting the top of a chain link fence with the main landing gear doors. Power loss on left engine could not be duplicated.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A SHORT FIELD LANDING. INSTRUCTOR PILOT INCREASED POWER TO ARREST SINK RATE. LEFT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE INCREASE OF THE POWER LEVER. AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY CONTACTING THE TOP OF A CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS. POWER LOSS ON LEFT ENGINE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.