# NTSB Accident DEN08CA099
> **Piper Seneca** · 2008-05-31 · Plaquemine, LA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN08CA099
- **Event ID:** 20080710X01016
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-05-31
- **Location:** Plaquemine, LA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.259721, -91.286109
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** Seneca
- **Registration:** N864CA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The certified flight instructor's poor decision to simulate a loss of engine on takeoff with a wet runway and the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.  Contributing to the accident was the dew covered runway surface and the ditch.

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