20220513003319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Owatonna, MN · May 13, 2022

Date
May 13, 2022 · 19:45 local
Place
Owatonna, MN
Airport
Owatonna Degner Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
NUTS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N445MK
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1H6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
835 total150 in this make and model53 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During a training flight preparing for a multi engine check ride the right engine was shut down and prop was feathered for approximately 2 minutes. After that the engine was re-started and set for simulated feather at approximately 2000 RPM. The student was then instructed to land the aircraft and perform a touch and go. The student pilot landed the aircraft and approximately 10 minutes after the engine was re-started applied full power to both engines. At the time power was applied the CHT on the right engine was at 117 degrees f (normal range 200-500). The left engine responded as expected and climbed to 2650 RPM, the right engine did not respond and the RPM never climbed above 1091 RPM. The aircraft started moving to the right of centerline. The aircraft continued to drift to the right and the CFI took over the aircraft controls and rotated for takeoff. The CFI retracted the landing gear but was unable to climb so he decreased the engines to idle and landed gear up in the grass just past the end of the runway. Total time from applying full power to 0 airspeed was approximately 38 seconds. There were no injuries and damage to the aircraft was determined to be minor. The aircraft was lifted with a crane, landing gear was lowered and aircraft was towed to a hangar.

North star aviation?s operating manual limits touch and go to normal landings only, all single engine landings must come to a full stop.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT PREPARING FOR A MULTI ENGINE CHECK RIDE THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND PROP WAS FEATHERED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. AFTER THAT THE ENGINE WAS RE-STARTED AND SET FOR SIMULATED FEATHER AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 RPM. THE STUDENT WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER THE ENGINE WAS RE-STARTED APPLIED FULL POWER TO BOTH ENGINES. AT THE TIME POWER WAS APPLIED THE CHT ON THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS AT 117 DEGREES F (NORMAL RANGE 200-500). THE LEFT ENGINE RESPONDED AS EXPECTED AND CLIMBED TO 2650 RPM, THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND THE RPM NEVER CLIMBED ABOVE 1091 RPM. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED MOVING TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AND THE CFI TOOK OVER THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS AND ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF. THE CFI RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB SO HE DECREASED THE ENGINES TO IDLE AND LANDED GEAR UP IN THE GRASS JUST PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY. TOTAL TIME FROM APPLYING FULL POWER TO 0 AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 38 SECONDS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE MINOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED WITH A CRANE, LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR.

NORTH STAR AVIATION?S OPERATING MANUAL LIMITS TOUCH AND GO TO NORMAL LANDINGS ONLY, ALL SINGLE ENGINE LANDINGS MUST COME TO A FULL STOP.