# Incident 20110314003279I: Piper PA-23-250, Plant City, FL, March 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2011, 10:00 local time
- Place: Plant City, FL
- Airport: Plant City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0002° N, 82.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANT CITY (PCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0002&lon=-82.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54109, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54109) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 20 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110314003279I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 14, 2011, AT 10:00 EDST, A PIPER PA-23-250, N54109, REGISTERED TO MITCHELL ENTERPRISES INC., CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS WHILE SIMULATING A FUEL STARVATION, BOTH ENGINES OUT POWER OFF LANDING AT PLANT CITY AIRPORT (KPCM) THE PILOT ADVANCED THE THROTTLES, CONTINUED AROUND THE PATTERN  LANDED AND CAME TO A FULL STOP ON RUNWAY 10.  THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR AN MEI AS AN ADD ON RATING. THE TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED BY MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH AN MEI RATING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS ONLY.  THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE PLANT CITY FLORIDA AIRPORT ON MARCH 14, 2011.

## Other reports on N54109 (1)

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

- [Incident 20220517023159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220517023159I), May 17, 2022: Piper PA-23-250 (N54109), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On 17 may 2022, at approximately 1100 LCL, a Piper PA-23-250 aztec aircraft bearing registration number N54109, registered to p&j aircraft LLC. And operated by…

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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