# Incident 20171217023209I: Piper PA-28R-180, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3873T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3873T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 648 total, 64 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171217023209I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19780705042269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780705042269I), Jul 5, 1978: Piper PA28R180 (N3873T), Kankakee, IL, Minor damage. Pilot landed with gear unsafe light, emergency extension not attempted. No gear problem could be found.

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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