Piper PA-44-180 N2173S
7 June 2007 · Lumberton, New Jersey, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 June 2007 at about 15:15 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered N2173S, operated by Hortman Aviation Services, was involved in an accident near Lumberton, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lumberton, New Jersey, United States
- Nearest airport
- Flying W Airport (N14)
- Coordinates
- 39.9342, -74.8072
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-44-180
- Registration
- N2173S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Hortman Aviation Services
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Robbinsville → Lumberton
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC07CA133
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The flight instructor's improper decision to simulate an engine failure in the traffic pattern by cutting off fuel to the engine, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the flight instructor of the PA-44, while conducting a training flight with his student, he simulated a left engine failure and the student proceeded to enter the traffic pattern for runway 19. Upon touchdown, "the rear of the airplane and the right wing raised off the ground" and the flight instructor instructed his student to "Go-Around." The airplane began to track left and the flight instructor took the controls. He was unable to maintain directional control, and the airplane exited the runway collapsing the left main gear and substantially damaging the airplane. The student pilot reported that the flight instructor simulated the engine failure by "cutting off fuel to the left engine," and the flight instructor reported he must have "forgotten to turn the fuel back on" during the go-around. No mechanical deficiencies were reported with the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-44 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2007 | Piper PA-44-180 | Byron, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Aug 2007 | Piper PA-44-180 | New Bern, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Oct 2007 | Piper PA-44-180 | Browerville, Minnesota, United States | University of North Dakota | Fatal | 2 |
| 24 May 2007 | Piper PA-44-180 | Lubbock, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 2008 | Piper PA-44-180 | Cahokia, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 2006 | Piper PA-44-180 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | DVG Holdings Incorperated | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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