# Incident 20081214856349I: Piper PA44180, Jasper, AL, December 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Jasper, AL
- Airport: Walker County-Bevill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9020° N, 87.3138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALKER COUNTY/BEVILL FLD (JFX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9020&lon=-87.3138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N259AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N259AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081214856349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 14, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HRS LOCAL AT JASPER, AL (KJFX) A CHECK RIDE WAS BEING CONDUCTED FOR A PRIVATE MULTI-ENGINE RATING.  THE PIC COMPLETED A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AND WAS MORE THAN 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR A TWO ENGINE TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED TO 75-80 KIAS, THE NOSE WHEEL LIFTED OFF THE GROUND AND THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE GEAR HANDLE UP BEFORE THE MAIN GEAR LEFT THE GROUND.  THE CHECK AIRMAN IN THE RIGHT SEAT STOPPED THE PIC FROM RAISING THE GEAR.  THE PIC ROLLED THE YOKE TO HIS RIGHT AND PUSHED IT FORWARD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE WAS RIGHT WING LOW AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THE BLADES SHATTERED AND WENT THROUGH THE FUSELAGE.  THE CHECK AIRMAN GAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ROLLED THE YOKE TO HIS LEFT AND PULLED IT BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT PROPELLER AND BECAME AIRBORNE.  THE CHECK AIRMAN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE AIRPORT AND IMMEDIATELY LANDED.

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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