# Incident 20020509014079I: Piper PA34200, Bunnell, FL, May 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2002, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bunnell, FL
- Airport: Flagler County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: W5YS
- Location: 29.4661° N, 81.2578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunnell, FL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4661&lon=-81.2578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15024, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15024) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 128 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020509014079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05-09-2002 N15024, A PA 34-200 WAS BEING OPERATED BY WRIGHTWAY AVIATION CENTER, LLC, A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT SCHOOL (W5YS637K), WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR BRYAN HORLINGS (CERT #521934938) AND STUDENT BENJAMIN RIDER (CERT #215968336). THEY WERE ON APPROACH AT FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT (X47), AT 500' AGL AND WERE APPLYING THE LAST NOTCH OF FLAPS (40 DEGREES), WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE RIGHT WHICH CONTINUED EVEN WITH FULL LEFT AILERON APPLICATION BY THE STUDENT. MR. HORLINGS SAID HE TRIED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS, BUT THE LEFT FLAP REMAINED AT FULL EXTENSION. AT THIS TIME MR. HORLINGS' ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE RIGHT FLAP WHICH HAD SEPARATED AT THE TWO OUTBOARD ATTACH POINTS AND WAS FOLDED UPWARD AND REARWARD TO A VERTICAL/TRAILING POSITION. CONTROL WAS REGAINED AT APPROXIMATELY 300' AGL BY REDUCING POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE. WHILE REDUCING POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING THE FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN BEGAN TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT. MR. HORLINGS REAPPLIED THE POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE AND PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A 10-DEGREE SLIP TO THE LEFT. JUST BEFORE THE LEFT WING TIP WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE RUNWAY, POWER WAS REDUCED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THERIGHT ONTO BOTH MAIN WHEELS.

## Other reports on N15024 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990101038059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990101038059I), Jan 1, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N15024), Cocoa, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During multi-engine instructional flight, CFI initiated simulated engine failure during rwy 11 takeoff roll, and the private-pilot student and the CFI…

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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