# Incident 20200304001549I: Piper PA-44-180, Deer Valley, AZ, March 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2020, 09:27 local time
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6839° N, 112.1349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deer Valley, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6839&lon=-112.1349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N292PA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200304001549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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