# Incident 20000721020899I: Piper PA44180, New Smyrna Beac, FL, July 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: Massey Ranch Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9789° N, 80.9248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK (X50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9789&lon=-80.9248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2240U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 967 total, 160 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000721020899I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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