# Accident 20030930024709A: Piper PA34220T, Show Low, AZ, September 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2653° N, 110.0056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2653&lon=-110.0056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4167B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4167B-2008-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 30 in this make and model, 285 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030930024709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING PRACTICE NDB SINGLE-ENGINE CIRCLING MANEUVER TO RUNWAY 3 (LEFT TURNS), STUDENT WAS FLYING PILOT, INSTRUCTOR DIRECTED THE STUDENT TO EXECUTE A "GO-AROUND" WITH BOTH ENGINES. UPON APPLYING FULL POWER, THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER (POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION OF PROPELLERS CORROBORATES NO POWER ON IMPACT). THE STUDENT OBSERVING FROM THE REAR SEAT NOTICED SLOWING AIRSPEED AND EXCLAIMED, "AIRSPEED!" THE PILOT THEN REDUCED PITCH AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE LIMITED TO AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX03LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA302), Oct 1, 2003: Piper PA-34-220T (N4167B), Show Low, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's (CFI) selection of the wrong runway (downwind) for the approach and landing. The failure of the left engine to respond to throttle application for undetermined reasons during…

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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