# Incident 20040831025549I: Piper PA23250, Starke, FL, August 31, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2004, 14:20 local time
- Place: Starke, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9475° N, 82.1129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Starke, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9475&lon=-82.1129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25TD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040831025549I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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