# Incident 20030209006919I: Piper PA34200T, Van Wert, OH, February 9, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2003, 11:45 local time
- Place: Van Wert, OH
- Airport: Van Wert County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8639° N, 84.6080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN WERT COUNTY (VNW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8639&lon=-84.6080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N979WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 274 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030209006919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RECEIVING TRAINING IN SINGLE ENGINE OPERATIONS DURING HIS FLIGHT REVIEW. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD SIMULATED POWER LOSS OF THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE BY REDUCING THROTTLE, BUT NOT BELOW THE 14" MANIFOLD POSITION SO THE WARNING HORN WOULD GO OFF. BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY WERE TOO FOCUSED ON OTHER THINGS AND FORGOT THE GEAR.

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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