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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Louisville, KY · September 20, 2003

Date: September 20, 2003 · 11:36 local
Place: Louisville, KY
Airport: Bowman Field Airport
Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N544BP
Reported as: Piper PA34200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 947 total124 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N544BPRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200S/N 34-7250344 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) As the pilot initiated take-off, the instructor pilot leaned the mixture on the right engine to simulate engine failure. The pilot aborted the take-off and attempted to compensate for the loss of right engine power. The pilots were unable to prevent the aircraft from running off the right side of the runway and striking a runway sign.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AS THE PILOT INITIATED TAKE-OFF, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT LEANED THE MIXTURE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE TO SIMULATE ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF RIGHT ENGINE POWER. THE PILOTS WERE UNABLE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM RUNNING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRIKING A RUNWAY SIGN.

Other reports on N544BP · 1

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

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