# Incident 20050514014189I: Piper PA23, Geneva, WI, May 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2005, 12:40 local time
- Place: Geneva, WI
- Airport: Americana Airport,Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6265° N, 88.4821° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Geneva, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6265&lon=-88.4821&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2150P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2150P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,270 total, 77 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050514014189I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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