# Accident 20021105030279A: Piper PA23250, Homestead, FL, November 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2002, 16:15 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25TD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021105030279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CFI AND HIS STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO START THE LEFT ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS AS THEY ATTEMPTED A VFR FLT ON AN IFR FLT PLAN BACK TO THEIR HOME BASE IN OCALA, F. WHEN THEY COULD NOT GET THE LEFT ENG STARTED, THE CFR ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A TAKE OFF ON ONE ENG FRO RWY 18 AT HOMESTEAD AIRPORT (X51). THE PLT WAS ABLE TO GET THE ACFT OFF THE GRND, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF GRND EFFECT. HE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT, BUT WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE COULD NOT DO SO, HE REMOVED POWER FROM THE RT ENG, AND BELLY LANDED IN AN OPEN BEAN FIELD.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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