# Incident 20061026025859I: Piper PA30, Port Jervis, NY, October 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2006
- Place: Port Jervis, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3780° N, 74.6908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Jervis, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3780&lon=-74.6908&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFQPK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061026025859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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