- Date
- February 4, 1989, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bunnell, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2124HPiper PA-44-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890204002139A
- Case key
- 32393
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Probable cause
The failure of the instructor to maintain the proper airspeed during a simulated engine failure on initial climb. The instructor, after taking control of the aircraft, also failed to properly flare the aircraft resulting in a hard landing during which the gear collapsed.
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
After a short field takeoff, the instructor plt retarded the left eng throttle to idle, simulating an eng failure. The student retarded the other throttle to idle, lowered full flaps, then the instructor assumed control. After flaring to land at an alt of aprx 20 ft above the rwy, the airspeed deteriorated resulting in a hard landing collapsing the left main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2124H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-7995162
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phoenix East Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 14, 1988 · 53 hours before
- Airport
- X47 · Flagler County, runway 29, 5,000 × 200 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,814 total · 210 in this make and model · 1,614 as pilot in command · 238 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 19 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.