# Incident 20030920029469I: Piper PA34200, Louisville, KY, September 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2003, 11:36 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544BP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N544BP) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 947 total, 124 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920029469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20090606010049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090606010049I), Jun 6, 2009: Piper PA34200 (N544BP), Jeffersonville, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that all three landing gear collapsed immediately after landing touchdown. Pilot stated that during the approach phase, all 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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