ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215285
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 September 2018 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca I |
| Owner/operator: | Wayman Flight Training |
| Registration: | N88AG |
| MSN: | 34-7450093 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6698 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (KTNT), Miami, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hollywood-North Perry Airport, FL (HWO/KHWO) |
| Hollywood-North Perry Airport, FL (HWO/KHWO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor in the multiengine airplane reported that the pilot under instruction was conducting a simulated instrument approach in visual flight rules conditions. The instructor placed the left engine fuel selector in the “off” position to simulate an engine out, and the pilot under instruction initiated the left engine failure procedure by placing the engine and propeller levers in a simulated feathered zero-thrust configuration. The instructor became distracted by traffic and failed to place the left engine fuel selector back to the “on” position.
With full flaps and the landing gear extended and while about 250 ft above ground level, the instructor terminated the simulated instrument approach and instructed the pilot to land visually; however, the airspeed decreased below safe limits, and he instructed the pilot to increase the airspeed. The pilot increased power on both engines; however, the left engine power did not increase, and the airplane rolled to the left about 45°. The instructor took the controls and applied right aileron and rudder, but the airplane settled down in a level attitude in a shallow lagoon on the left side of the runway.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage bulkheads.
The instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot under instruction’s failure to maintain the twin-engine airplane’s minimum control airspeed with one engine inoperative and the flight instructor’s distraction when reconfiguring the airplane following the simulated engine failure, which resulted in no power being available to the left engine and a loss of control during landing when the throttles were advanced to increase airspeed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N88AG%20
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N88AG
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 May 2014 | N88AG | Private | 0 | Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG), St Petersburg, FL | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2018 17:23 | Geno | Added |
| 11-Sep-2018 19:13 | bombcat91 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 11-Sep-2018 21:50 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 02-Oct-2019 07:51 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 02-Oct-2019 08:58 | harro | Updated [Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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