# Incident 20180216002659I: Piper PA-44-180, Phoenix, AZ, February 16, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2018, 10:12 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N318PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,120 total, 165 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180216002659I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF WITH STUDENT PILOT, INSTRUCTOR PULLED LEFT ENGINE MIXTURE TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE LOSS AT APPROXIMATELY 25KTS. AS AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, STUDENT PULLED THROTTLES TO IDLE AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO CENTERLINE. FOLLOWING THIS, INSTRUCTOR REPORTEDLY RETURNED MIXTURE TO FULL RICH AND STUDENT BEGAN SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF AGAIN. STUDENT REPORTED THAT AS HE PUT THROTTLES FORWARD, AIRCRAFT VEERED SWIFTLY TO THE RIGHT AND HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY BEFORE HE COULD GET AIRCRAFT STOPPED, WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

FOLLOWING INCIDENT, AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTINUITY WAS CHECKED OK. ENGINE CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS CHECKED OK. BRAKE PRESSURE APPEARED NORMAL. REPAIR FACILITY RAN BOTH ENGINES WITH NO ANOMALIES NOTED PRIOR TO CHANGING RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO PROP STRIKE. LEFT BRAKE PADS WERE CHANGED AND BRAKE CALIPER WERE CHANGED DURING MAINTENANCE VISIT FOLLOWING INCIDENT BUT THESE DID NOT APPEAR TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCIDENT.

INTERVIEWS WITH THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT REVEALED THAT THE INSTRUCTOR STATED HE CALLED FOR AND TOOK THE CONTROLS AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. STUDENT DID NOT RECALL INSTRUCTOR DOING THIS. INTERVIEWS ALSO REVEALED THAT AFTER COMPLETING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, NO TIME WAS TAKEN TO ENSURE AIRCRAFT OPERATION AND RUNWAY DISTANCE WERE ADEQUATE PRIOR TO CONTINUING WITH THE SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. NO POSITIVE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT TO CONFIRM AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE TO INCLUDE VIEWING ENGINE INSTRUMENTATION WAS DONE BY INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT PRIOR TO OR DURING SECOND SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF ATTEMPT.

## Other reports on N318PA (1)

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

- [Accident 20080226012099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080226012099A), Feb 26, 2008: Piper PA44180 (N318PA), Gila Bend, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 26, 2008, at approximately 1700 MST, N318PA, a Piper PA44-180, experienced a main gear collapse during a touch and go landing at Gila Bend…

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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