<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1013928, May 2012

PA44 pilot reports the failure of an engine to restart in flight during a VMC demonstration on a multiengine check ride. An emergency is declared and the flight diverts to the nearest suitable airport.

Attributes
ACN	1013928
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 207 Flight Crew Type 8.8
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

I was on my commercial multiengine checkride when the emergency occurred. After finishing the VMC demonstration I; with the dpe's help; was not able to restart the engine that I had shutdown in flight. We were already in the vicinity of ZZZ airport; so I declared an emergency with approach control and landed the airplane safely at ZZZ. We taxied clear of the runway; shutdown the working engine; then called ATC and informed them that we were safe and asked if they would let approach know our state.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA44 pilot reports the failure of an engine to restart in flight during a VMC demonstration on a multiengine check ride. An emergency is declared and the flight diverts to the nearest suitable airport.

Narrative: I was on my commercial multiengine checkride when the emergency occurred. After finishing the VMC demonstration I; with the DPE's help; was not able to restart the engine that I had shutdown in flight. We were already in the vicinity of ZZZ Airport; so I declared an emergency with Approach Control and landed the airplane safely at ZZZ. We taxied clear of the runway; shutdown the working engine; then called ATC and informed them that we were safe and asked if they would let Approach know our state.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.