# Incident 20110916022669I: Piper PA-30, Anchorage, AK, September 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BQ8S
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8615Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8615Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110916022669I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS DEMONSTRATING AN ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF DURING A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 25.  AFTER THE V1 CUT DEMONSTRATION AT LESS THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR EXCHANGE OF CONTROLS.  THE STUDENT VERIFIED THE EXCHANGE OF CONTROLS.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE LEFT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASKED THE STUDENT IF HE WAS FREE OF THE CONTROLS.  THE STUDENT VERIFIED THAT THE HE WAS FREE OF THE CONTROLS.  THE INSTRUCTOR FOUND THE AIRCRAFT UNRESPONSIVE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT TO THE RIGHT USING RIGHT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN TO THE LEFT.  THE INSTRUCTOR NEUTRALIZED RUDDER PRESSURE, THE LEFT TURN DECREASED AS THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT AND ROLLED ON TO THE GRASS JUST OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8615Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20010419008429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010419008429I), Apr 19, 2001: Piper PA30 (N8615Y), Teterboro, NJ. (-23)Information provided by teb-atct. Pilot appeared disoriented before landing. After landing runway 19, the ground controller instructed him to hold short…

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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