20050514014189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Geneva, WI · May 14, 2005

Date: May 14, 2005 · 12:40 local
Place: Geneva, WI
Airport: Americana Airport,Lake
Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2150P
Reported as: Piper PA23
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,270 total77 in this make and model103 in the last 90 days

N2150PRegistered now · Piper PA-23S/N 23-752 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-23 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The instructor pilot stated: at the beginning of the takeoff roll, then he simulated a left engine failure with the mixture control. The aircraft veered to the left, at that time the student reduced the throttles to idle and applied the brakes. The flight instructor restored the mixture to full rich. The student applied right rudder to put the aircraft on the centerline of the runway. The aircraft yawed hard to the right then the left landing gear collapsed. Damage was confined to the left propeller tips, left landing gear, landing gear doors and left wing tip. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THEN HE SIMULATED A LEFT ENGINE FAILURE WITH THE MIXTURE CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, AT THAT TIME THE STUDENT REDUCED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RESTORED THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH. THE STUDENT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT YAWED HARD TO THE RIGHT THEN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE LEFT PROPELLER TIPS, LEFT LANDING GEAR, LANDING GEAR DOORS AND LEFT WING TIP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.