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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Sanford, FL · June 18, 2009

Date
June 18, 2009 · 08:23 local
Place
Sanford, FL
Airport
Orlando Sanford International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
CE8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N22390
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total260 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On the takeoff roll of a multiengine instructional flight, the flight instructor simulated a failure of the left engine by cutting the left mixture. The student did not react quickly enough to close the throttles, and the flight instructor failed to intervene before loss of control occurred. The aircraft left the runway surface at a 45-degree angle resulting in damage to the nose gear attach structure.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL OF A MULTIENGINE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED A FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE BY CUTTING THE LEFT MIXTURE. THE STUDENT DID NOT REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO CLOSE THE THROTTLES, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO INTERVENE BEFORE LOSS OF CONTROL OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY SURFACE AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR ATTACH STRUCTURE.