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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · December 17, 2017

Date: December 17, 2017 · 10:00 local
Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N3873T
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-180
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 648 total64 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days

N3873TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-30197 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Piper PA-28R-180, registration number N3873T was operating under part 61, performing a check-ride for rental of N3873T. A CFI and commercial pilot were preforming a touch and go, the commercail pilot applied full power for take-off, the aircraft responded initially and began to climb out about half way down the runway. The aircraft climbed up to around 100 feet when the first sign of engine failure occurred, at this point the pilots heard the engine in an idle phase and quickly noticed that they were no longer maintaining heading or climb rate. The CFI applied full throttle and all levers in the forward position and engine thrust came back momentarily and the aircraft began to climb again to maybe 200 feet but engine quickly lost all thrust again. CFI decided to land the plane straight ahead on the remaining runway 09 and that we quickly proceeded off the end of the runway into the grass field at the end of runway 09.

As the FAA filed it

PIPER PA-28R-180, REGISTRATION NUMBER N3873T WAS OPERATING UNDER PART 61, PERFORMING A CHECK-RIDE FOR RENTAL OF N3873T. A CFI AND COMMERCIAL PILOT WERE PREFORMING A TOUCH AND GO, THE COMMERCAIL PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER FOR TAKE-OFF, THE AIRCRAFT RESPONDED INITIALLY AND BEGAN TO CLIMB OUT ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED UP TO AROUND 100 FEET WHEN THE FIRST SIGN OF ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED, AT THIS POINT THE PILOTS HEARD THE ENGINE IN AN IDLE PHASE AND QUICKLY NOTICED THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER MAINTAINING HEADING OR CLIMB RATE. THE CFI APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND ALL LEVERS IN THE FORWARD POSITION AND ENGINE THRUST CAME BACK MOMENTARILY AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CLIMB AGAIN TO MAYBE 200 FEET BUT ENGINE QUICKLY LOST ALL THRUST AGAIN. CFI DECIDED TO LAND THE PLANE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY 09 AND THAT WE QUICKLY PROCEEDED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS FIELD AT THE END OF RUNWAY 09.

Other reports on N3873T · 1

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

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