# Incident 20190708009439I: Piper PA-44-180, Fort Myers, FL, July 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2019, 09:17 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N582ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N582ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LO-360-A1H6 (registry code 42294, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-lo-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LO-360-A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,430 total, 225 in this make and model, 345 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190708009439I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:17 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-44, N582ND, REGISTERED TO CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION INC, VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23 AT PAGE FIELD (FMY: FORT MYERS, FL)WHILE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE UNINJURED.

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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