# Incident 20120301004799I: Piper PA-28-181, Deer Valley, AZ, March 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2012, 19:17 local time
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6839° N, 112.1349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deer Valley, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6839&lon=-112.1349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N312PA-2015-01-09) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 125 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120301004799I

## Narrative

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

DURING LEVEL FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT ENGINE HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND STOPPED OPERATING. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE BY CHANGING OVER TO ALTERNATE FUEL TANK AND TURNING ON ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP.  ENGINE POWER RESTORED AND PILOT MADE A SAFE LANDING AT DEER VALLEY AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N312PA (1)

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

- [Accident 20140204002139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140204002139A), Feb 4, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N312PA), Phoenix, AZ, Destroyed. Aircraft lost engine power on takeoff at 200 ft. AGL. The instructor took over the controls banked right to land on airport property. After 170 yards the…

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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