Accident · 2007-07-12

NTSB case NYC07LA166 · PIPER PA-23-160 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2007-07-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-160 (N4043P)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Quinton Jenkins Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Quinton Jenkins

Probable cause

The designated examiner's improper decision to simulate an engine failure on short final approach, in conjunction with a short-field landing maneuver, and his inadequate remedial action. Contributing to the accident was the private pilot's inadvertent feathering of the left propeller.

Source: NTSB case NYC07LA166

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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