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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Deer Valley, AZ · March 4, 2020

Date: March 4, 2020 · 09:27 local
Place: Deer Valley, AZ
Airport: Deer Valley
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: FQAS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N292PA
Reported as: Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine: Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N292PARegistered now · Piper PA-44-180S/N 4496116 · Built 2002 Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180 Engine modelLycoming O-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Started takeoff roll at charlie 3.

Began simulated engine failure prior to VMC.takeoff was normal takeoff.

Flight instructor simulated engine failure with RH mixture. Approximately 5 knots when initiated. Reduced mixture slowly. Student recognized asymmetric power condition. Student reduced both throttles to idle and applied brakes.

Flight instructor felt that braking was normal. Flight instructor applied full rich mixture aircraft was back on centerline. Right hand mixture returned to full rich, student applied throttle smoothly. Aircraft returned to centerline, during follow through left main gear started to "wobble" and left main gear broke in half.

As the FAA filed it

STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL AT CHARLIE 3.

BEGAN SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE PRIOR TO VMC.TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL TAKEOFF.

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE WITH RH MIXTURE. APPROXIMATELY 5 KNOTS WHEN INITIATED.REDUCED MIXTURE SLOWLY. STUDENT RECOGNIZED ASYMMETRIC POWER CONDITION. STUDENT REDUCED BOTH THROTTLES TO IDLE AND APPLIED BRAKES.

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FELT THAT BRAKING WAS NORMAL. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL RICH MIXTURE AIRCRAFT WAS BACK ON CENTERLINE. RIGHT HAND MIXTURE RETURNED TO FULL RICH, STUDENT APPLIED THROTTLE SMOOTHLY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CENTERLINE, DURING FOLLOW THROUGH LEFT MAIN GEAR STARTED TO "WOBBLE" AND LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE IN HALF.