# Incident 20130901016169I: Piper PA-28-181, Phoenix, AZ, September 1, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2013, 08:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4166H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4166H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 350 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/20130901016169I

## Narrative

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

09/01/2013 AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING WAS BEING FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT 20 MILES WEST OF THE DEER VALLEY AIRPORT. THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) TOOK CONTROL. THE IP BEGAN RUNNING THE FLIGHT MANUAL SUPPLEMENT FOR ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE (AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH AN ELECTRONIC MAGNETO ON THE LEFT SIDE AND MECHANICAL MAGNETO ON THE RIGHT SIDE). THE PROCEDURE CALLED FOR THE PILOT TO SHUT OFF THE ELECTRONIC MAGNETO AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. IP WAS UNABLE TO GET AN IMMEDIATE RESTART AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. IP POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT FOR GLIDE IN LANDING, BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE PRIOR TO LANDING.

## Other reports on N4166H (1)

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

- [Incident 20011022029749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011022029749I), Oct 22, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N4166H), Goodyear, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) During the third landing on the student's first solo flight the aircraft landing on the main gear then began porpoising. The porpoising stopped when 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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