- Date
- April 28, 1984, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Smyrna, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1027UPiper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840428014889A
- Case key
- 6444
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The CFI simulated an engine failure on the right engine during takeoff after having simulated a left engine failure during the landing approach. The left engine failure was simulated with the left throttle retarded during the approach and landing. After the throttles were advanced for takeoff the CFI simulated right engine failure at 85 mph by using themixture to idle cut off. When the student responded by closing both throttles to land straight ahead. Mixtures and throttles were then reportedly advanced and the acft climbed to 100 ft at 100 mph. A witness reported the acft with the right wing high, drifting left, and then suddenly leveling the wings and nose down to ground contact. The CFI said he took over at 85 mph as the acft turned left, rolled both wings level, closed both throttles and landed off the rwy. The landing gear was coming up at touchdown. The CFI thought the left engine may have loaded up and not responded during the last takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1027U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7250007
- Airframe hours
- 2,621
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Corporate Flight Managementinc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 2, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- MOY · Smyrna, runway 32, 8,037 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,230 total · 70 in this make and model · 3,060 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.