Piper PA-30 N7014Y

Summary

On 8 October 2002 at about 15:15 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7014Y was involved in an accident near Immokalee, Florida, 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.

Date

8 October 2002 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Immokalee, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Immokalee (IMM)

Coordinates

26.4091, -81.4198

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7014Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Immokalee → Fort Lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA03LA003

Nobody was injured.

A loss of engine power on takeoff for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After the fourth touch and go landing, the student applied full power, and accelerated to takeoff. Just after liftoff and at an altitude of about 20 to 30 feet above the ground, the instructor pilot said the airplane's left engine lost power. The airplane veered left, the takeoff was aborted, the airplane departed the runway, and impacted with shrubs. Both pilots stated that although this was a training flight, simulated engine out procedures were not in progress at the time of the engine power loss. The left engine and propeller were placed on a test stand to facilitate a test run. The run was conducted with all of the engine's original parts. The engine and propeller were run with no discrepancies noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.