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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA30 · Port Jervis, NY · October 26, 2006

Date: October 26, 2006
Place: Port Jervis, NY
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: CFQPK
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total200 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) C-fqpk, a PA-30 enroute from waterloo regional airport (ykf) to teterboro (teb) reported icing at 6000 feet over huegonot VOR, and was cleared to descend. During the descent, the left engine began surging, and eventually failed. The engine was restarted and the aircraft continued to teb. The PA-30 airplane flight manual prohibits the use of the tip tanks during descent, however, the pilot/owner of the aircraft stated he had descended while using tip tanks on prior flights with no problems.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) C-FQPK, A PA-30 ENROUTE FROM WATERLOO REGIONAL AIRPORT (YKF) TO TETERBORO (TEB) REPORTED ICING AT 6000 FEET OVER HUEGONOT VOR, AND WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND. DURING THE DESCENT, THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN SURGING, AND EVENTUALLY FAILED. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TEB. THE PA-30 AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL PROHIBITS THE USE OF THE TIP TANKS DURING DESCENT, HOWEVER, THE PILOT/OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED HE HAD DESCENDED WHILE USING TIP TANKS ON PRIOR FLIGHTS WITH NO PROBLEMS.