- Date
- March 29, 2022, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Slidell, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4299CPiper PA-34-220T
- Defining event
- Approach: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220329004789A
- Case key
- 104864
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to adequately correct for a loss of directional control during a simulated single engine approach.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that they were conducting a simulated single-engine approach in the multi-engine airplane when the airplane began to yaw to the left. In an effort to regain directional control, he took control of the airplane from the student, and increased power on the left engine while simultaneously decreasing power on the right engine. Although both engines were still operating, he did not apply full power to both engines. The airplane impacted the ground, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4299C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8333086
- Built
- 1983
- Airframe hours
- 11,100
- Engines
- Continental LTSIO360KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental TSIO360KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Reldan Inc
- Registered owner
- Air Reldan Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 2022 · 18.9 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KASD · Slidell Municipal Airport, runway 18, 5,002 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Onboard weather
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- July 9, 2020
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,603 total · 1,379 in this make and model · 1,501 as pilot in command · 266 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 16, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 441 total · 6 in this make and model · 338 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 19 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KASD, 5 nm away
- METAR
- KASD 291953Z AUTO 18019G24KT 10SM SCT039 SCT055 27/17 A3001 RMK AO2 PK WND 17027/1942 SLP163 T02720167 TSNO
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 18, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.