- Date
- July 13, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arkansas City, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7259YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860713032459A
- Case key
- 34213
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The certified flight instructor stated that his intentions for this flight were to simulate an engine power loss during the early stages of the takeoff roll and have the student perform a rejected takeoff procedure. According to the c.f.I., at approximately 48 knots he reduced power on the left engine by cutting off fuel flow with the mixture control but the student's slow reaction to abort the takeoff, and the gusty crosswind conditions caused the aircraft to veer out of control, beyond corrective action. Post-accident calculations reveal that the runway in use had a headwind component of 17 knots, a crosswind component of 11 knots, and a density altitude of 3,000 feet acting on normally aspirated engines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7259Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-293
- Airframe hours
- 4,669
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alpha Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- WLD · Arkansas City, KS
- Destination
- K50 · Derby, KS
- Airport
- WLD · Strother, runway 17, 5,510 × 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,882 total · 1,119 in this make and model · 3,718 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 35 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.