# Accident 20000804007029A: Piper PA30, Winters/Davis/W, CA, August 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Winters/Davis/W, CA
- Airport: Yolo County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3444° N, 121.8106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3444&lon=-121.8106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300RE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300RE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000804007029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON A TOUCH AND GO TAKE-OFF WITH A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT INGINE THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TRYED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IN DOING SO THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY HITING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING TIP. THE LEFTWING WAS DAMAGED AT THE TIP, THE WING TIP WAS RIPPED OFF, LANDING LIGHT AND SURROUNDING SKIN WAS DAMAGED, LEFT AILERON DAMAGED, WING SPAR DAMAGED AT THE WINGTIP, PILOT TUBE MOUNTING LOOSE SLIGHT DAMAGE.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND CONTINUED THE TAKE-OFF AND MADE A CIRCURT AND RETURNED AND LANDED AT THIS TIME THE PILOTS NOTED THAT THERE WAS DMAAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, THEY ALSO NOTED DEBRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE AREA THAT THEY LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOTDECIDED TO RETURN TO THE TRAVIS AFB AERO CLUB IN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE STUDENT PILOT, THE RETURN FLIGHT WAS MADE WITHOUT MISHAP ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA287), Aug 4, 2000: Piper PA-30 (N300RE), Davis, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the dual student's improper response to a simulated engine failure and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision of the flight.

## Other reports on N300RE (1)

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

- [Accident 19750210004179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750210004179A), Feb 10, 1975: Piper PA30 (N300RE), Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Elec failure at night didnt utilize emgcy gr sys.

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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