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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Phoenix, AZ · March 4, 2015

Date
March 4, 2015 · 14:20 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Deer Valley
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
FQAS
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N317PA
Reported as
Piper PA-44-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 4, 2015 around 1520 mountain standard time a Piper PA44-180, N317PA departed runway 25L, on upwind the pilot reported his left engine had lost power and he needed to return for landing. Pilot was instructed to make left traffic for runway 25L. The pilot landed without incident and taxied to the ramp under his own power.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 4, 2015 AROUND 1520 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME A PIPER PA44-180, N317PA DEPARTED RUNWAY 25L, ON UPWIND THE PILOT REPORTED HIS LEFT ENGINE HAD LOST POWER AND HE NEEDED TO RETURN FOR LANDING. PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 25L. THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP UNDER HIS OWN POWER.