# Accident 20060430009519A: Piper PA44180, Phoenix, AZ, April 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2006, 08:50 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6917° N, 112.0761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6917&lon=-112.0761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N449PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N449PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,091 total, 191 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060430009519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE INSIDE FINAL APPROACH FIX. INSTRUCTOR BELIEVES HE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE VIA RETARDING THROTTLE ON RIGHT ENGINE. DURING SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING THE STUDENT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT. FOLLOWING BOUNCE THE INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND. WHEN THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED FOR BOTH ENGINES THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED AS CLIMB WAS ESTABLISHED RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLING AND TURNING TO THE RIGHT. AS DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS BEING LOST THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROLS, REDUCED POWER, AND RIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT. AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE INFIELD AND TAXIWAY THEN CAME TO REST ON PARKING RAMP. WHEN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY WAS INITIATED BY MECHANIC HE NOTED THAT THE LEFT FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON AND THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR WAS OFF. NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR NOR STUDENT REMEMBERS TURNING FUEL SELECTOR OFF UNTIL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CONSISTING OF BENT RIGHT WING, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR, BLOWN LEFT MAIN TIRE, RIGHT PROP STRIKE AND WRINKLING OF BOTH SIDES OF THE FUSELAGE FROM THE NOSE TO JUST AFT OF THE PILOT SEATS. DURING SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE RIGHT CARBURETOR FLOAT BOWL NOR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM OUTBOARD OF THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE. WHEN THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS RECONNECTED AND THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR TURNED ON, THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED AND IDLED NORMALLY.

## 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 LAX06CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA152), Apr 30, 2006: Piper PA-44-180 (N449PA), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of both pilots to maintain Vmc and directional control during a go-around. Also causal was an inoperative engine caused by flight instructor's failure to ensure that the fuel system was…

## Other reports on N449PA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210927017379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210927017379I), Sep 27, 2021: Piper PA-44-180 (N449PA), Perry, OK, Minor damage. During initial takeoff roll a simulated engine failure was demonstrated, pilot retarded the throttles to idle and applied brake pressure. Immediately…
- [Incident 20130310004699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130310004699I), Mar 10, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N449PA), Deer Valley, AZ, Minor damage. During final decent into kdvt, student initiated the gear down lever. The instructor noticed the left main landing gear safe light was off and the unsafe…

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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