- Date
- July 14, 1990, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Shirley, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N44HHPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900714025749A
- Case key
- 36693
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Probable cause
The pilot's lack of qualifications, the improper use of flight controls, the second pilot's lack of qualifications, and his decision to simulate the engine failure.
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 pilot at the controls held a private pilot certificate with a single engine land airplane rating. The second pilot held a commercial certificate with a multi engine rating, but did not hold a flight instructor certificate. The private pilot initiated a takeoff in the multi engine airplane and was observed by a police officer/pilot to be approximately 75 to 100 feet in the air. The airplane then descended and contacted the ground off the right side of the departure runway after a simulated engine failure. The pilot indicated he had a total time of 4 hours in make and model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44HH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-458
- Airframe hours
- 3,407
- Engine
- Lycoming O-340, 170 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph R. Scioscia
- Registered owner
- Joseph R Scioscia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1990 · 0 hours before
- Destination
- HWV
- Airport
- HWV · Brookhaven
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 683 total · 4 in this make and model · 606 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.