# Accident 20040331004509A: Piper PA34200, La Verne, CA, March 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2004, 12:41 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0914° N, 117.7817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0914&lon=-117.7817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74SA-2004-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040331004509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/31/04 MR. GEOFFREY FLEMING, WHILE GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN N74SA, FORGOT TO TURN THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR FROM OFF TO ON WHILE SIMULATING A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH TO KPOC RWY 26L. DESCENDING FROM APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET AGL TO PATTERN ALTITUDE, MR. FLEMING FORGOT TO RESTART THE RIGHT ENGINE AND SET "ZERO-THRUST" ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. UPON ARRIVING ON SHORT FINAL, THE STUDENT SELF-INITIATED A GO-AROUND ON THE LEFT ENGINE ONLY. THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB AND ROLLED TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE RESULTING YAW FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED BOTH RWY-26L/26R AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A TREE NURSERY AT THE BASE OF THE KPOC ATCT. BOTH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.

## 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 LAX04CA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA173), Mar 31, 2004: Piper PA34-200 (N74SA), La Verne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the CFI 's failure to correctly reconfigure the right engine fuel selector, resulting in a total loss of power to that engine. Also causal was the CFI's failure to maintain direction control of the…

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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