# Accident 20250903013999A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-44-180, Bowling Green, OH, September 3, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2025, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, OH
- Airport: Wood County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LF8S
- Location: 41.3936° N, 83.6417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3936&lon=-83.6417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N447BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1G6 (registry code 41866, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1G6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 201 total, 51 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA333) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250903013999A

## Narrative

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

A DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER (DPE) WAS CONDUCTING A COMMERCIAL PILOT MULTI-ENGINE RATING CHECK RIDE WITH THE PILOT/APPLICANT.  EARLIER IN CHECK RIDE THE DPE ASSIGNED THE PILOT/APPLICANT AN ENGINE FAILURE (RIGHT ENGINE).  LATER IN CHECK RIDE, JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE DPE ASSIGNED THE PILOT/APPLICANT A SINGLE ENGINE (RIGHT REDUCED POWER/THRUST) APPROACH/LANDING.  DURING THE FLARE THE PILOT/APPLICANT DECIDED THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNSTABLE AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND MANEUVER.  THE PILOT/APPLICANT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE TO BOTH ENGINES.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT.  THE DPE TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS.  THE DPE DETERMINED RIGHT ENGINE WAS NOT MAKING POWER/THRUST.  THE DPE UNABLE TO ESTABLISH POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB RETRACTED FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR AND FEATHERED RIGHT ENGINE JUST PRIOR TO THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTAIL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA25LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA333), Sep 3, 2025: Piper PA44 (N447BG), Bowling Green, OH, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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