# Accident 20191025020439A: Piper PA-30, Opa Locka, FL, October 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2019, 19:46 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9PTS
- Location: 25.9131° N, 80.2822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9131&lon=-80.2822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8816Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8816Y-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,467 total, 45 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191025020439A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PERFORMED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 9L AT OPF. AS THE AIRPLANE WAS ROLLING DOWN RUNWAY, INSTRUCTOR PULLED LEFT ENGINE THROTTLE TO IDLE TO SIMULATE ENGINE FAILURE. STUDENT REACTED BY PUSHING LEFT ENGINE THROTTLE TO FULL POWER. AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE RUNWAY REMOVING THE LEFT GEAR AND ALLOWING THE LEFT WING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. AIRPLANE CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY FACING A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA20CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA050), Oct 25, 2019: Piper PA 30 (N8816Y), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's failure to relinquish the flight controls to the flight instructor during a simulated engine failure during takeoff, which resulted in the airplane touching down in…

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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