# Incident 20090618025219I: Piper PA-44-180, Sanford, FL, June 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2009, 08:23 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22390, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22390-2009-10-16) (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 PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 260 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090618025219I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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