# Incident 20110908022649I: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, September 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2011, 16:32 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N315PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N315PA-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110908022649I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/08/2011 M315PA WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR TRANS PAC AVIATION SCHOOL. ON BOARD WERE A STUDENT PILOT, A CFI/PIC, AND ANOTHER CFI IN THE REAR SEAT. AFTER A 1 HOUR TRAINING FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON RETURN DESCENT TO DVT. DURING DESCENT THE CFI/PIC INITIATED A DEMONSTRATION OF LOW POWER (IDLE) RAPID DESCENT WITH THE STUDENT PILOT. DURING THIS MANAUVER THE POWER PLANT LOST POWER. THE CFI/PIC WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED IN THE DESERT NORTH OF DVT, PHOENIX. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL (BROKEN STROBE LIGHT ON END OF WING TIP).  REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS (INCLUDING A ENGINE RUN TEST) CONCLUDES THAT THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER.

## Other reports on N315PA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040717018489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717018489A), Jul 17, 2004: Piper PA28181 (N315PA), Okeechobee, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 17, 2004, at 1230EDT, a Piper PA-28-181, N315PA, owned by the merrill lynch business financial services, inc., and piloted by student pilot, vonn…

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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