# Incident 20130820016159I: Piper PA-34-200T, Goodyear, AZ, August 20, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2013, 09:35 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Goodyear
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OXZS
- Location: 33.4233° N, 112.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX GOODYEAR (GYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4233&lon=-112.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130820016159I

## Narrative

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

THE EVENT WAS REPORTED AS AN ENGINE FAILURE, HOWEVER, WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED IS THAT THE LEFT ENGINE WAS INTENTIONALLY SHUT DOWN FOR ENGINE OUT TRAINING AND UPON COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE OF INSTRUCTION, THE CREW COULD NOT RE-START THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE (GYR) WITHOUT INCIDENT AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CHECKED OUT THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY CAE OXFORD AVIATION ACADEMY AND IS USED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR FLIGHT WAS A 14 CFR PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT AND NOT PART OF THE 141 CURRICULUM.

THIS INSPECTOR SPOKE TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ABOUT THE ISSUE ON 08/29/2013, AT THE GYR FACILITY. THIS INSPECTOR WAS TOLD THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE, THE MECHANIC HAD NO PROBLEM STARTING THE ENGINE AND THAT IT CHECKED OUT GOOD. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN ON PURPOSE, DURING TRAINING AND NO FAILURE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED OR RECORDED. A COPY OF THE ONLY DOCUMENT RECORDING THE DISCREPANCY AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTION, A TECHNICAL LOGBOOK (TLB) (FORM OAA TLB FORM 1) PAGE, CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING WRITE UP BY THE PIC:

"COULD NOT RESTART L-ENGINE AFTER INTENSIONAL SHUTDOWN."(SIC)

THE CORRECTIVE ACTION DOCUMENTED ON THE TLB IS AS FOLLOWS:

"RESET PROP TO HIGH PITCH, STARTED ENGINE NORMALLY. ALL SYSTEMS CHECK OK."

THE PIC / CFI WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW.

ON 09/06/2013, THIS INSPECTOR VISITED THE FFZ FACILITY AND SPOKE TO THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, JEROD BYBEE, FOR CAE OXFORD AVIATION ACADEMY. MR. BYBEE PROVIDED THIS INSPECTOR WITH A COPY OF THE AVIATION ACADEMY'S AIR SAFETY REPORT, FORM CGAPH-S-F001 THAT WAS FILED FOR THIS EVENT. THE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT CONTAINED IN THE REPORT READS AS FOLLOWS:

"THE LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART, WITH NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, AFTER AN INTENTIONAL SHUT DOWN, WHILE FINISHING ASSYMETRIC LESSON NUMBER ONE."(SIC)

THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN NO FAILURE, NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. NO FURTHER ACTION PLANNED.

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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