# Incident 20080904849989I: Piper PA44180T, Rome, NY, September 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2008, 15:23 local time
- Place: Rome, NY
- Airport: Griffiss Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2338° N, 75.4070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIFFISS INTL (RME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2338&lon=-75.4070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N904FC-2016-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180T (registry code 7104404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180T
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080904849989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT PERFORMED INTENTIONAL SHUT DOWN OF RIGHT ENGINE FOR TRAINING PURPOSES AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS.  THE PILOT PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ON RUNWAY 33 AT RME.  FOLLOWING LANDING THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH SUCCESS.  THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND A DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION FOLLOWED BY GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.  PILOT WHO IS ALSO AND A&P MECHANIC SUSPECTS THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINES FAILURE TO RESTART MAY HAVE BEEN A VAPOR LOCK CONDITION CAUSED BY HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE.  A LOG BOOK ENTRY WAS MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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