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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58P · Atwater, CA · October 19, 2014

Date
October 19, 2014 · 10:37 local
Place
Atwater, CA
Airport
Castle Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6060U
Reported as
Beech 58P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,876 total750 in this make and model30 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 19 oct 2014, privacy data omitted was receiving multi-engine instruction from privacy data omitted in N6060U, a Beechcraft BE-58P. privacy data omitted Received a simulated engine failure on departure from kmer. The pilot lost directional control of the aircraft and veered off the left side of the runway approximately 800 feet from the begginning of runway 31. The aircraft sustained minor damage and destroyed one PAPI light box. No injuries reported. According to the instructor pilot, privacy data omitted did not reduce the operating engine's power quickly enough to preclude the yaw effect and maintain directional control.

As the FAA filed it

ON 19 OCT 2014, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECEIVING MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTION FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN N6060U, A BEECHCRAFT BE-58P. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE ON DEPARTURE FROM KMER. THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET FROM THE BEGGINNING OF RUNWAY 31. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND DESTROYED ONE PAPI LIGHT BOX. NO INJURIES REPORTED. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT REDUCE THE OPERATING ENGINE'S POWER QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE THE YAW EFFECT AND MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.