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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA23250 · Starke, FL · August 31, 2004

Date: August 31, 2004 · 14:20 local
Place: Starke, FL
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N25TD
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming O540C4B5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total300 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) During flight instruction a simulated rt. Eng. Out maneuver the left eng. Lost power. The instructor pilot landed on a dry lake bed without incident with the gear up. Neither pilot was injured and the aircraft had only minor damage. An FAA investigation of the failed left engine revealed that the accessory gear box failed due to metal fatigue and failure of the top stud of the cam idler, part number Lycoming STD-2167.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION A SIMULATED RT. ENG. OUT MANEUVER THE LEFT ENG. LOST POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT LANDED ON A DRY LAKE BED WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH THE GEAR UP. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. AN FAA INVESTIGATION OF THE FAILED LEFT ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE ACCESSORY GEAR BOX FAILED DUE TO METAL FATIGUE AND FAILURE OF THE TOP STUD OF THE CAM IDLER, PART NUMBER LYCOMING STD-2167.