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PA44 instructor pilot reports shutting down the right engine at 5;500 feet for training then being unable to restart it after three tries. An emergency is declared but during descent a fourth attempt to restart is successful and the emergency is canceled.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1049932 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201211 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| 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 | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 185 Flight Crew Total 1030 Flight Crew Type 160 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
During single engine training; my student and I shutdown the right engine for practice. When we attempted to restart; the engine failed to respond. We tried the starter and increasing airspeed. Neither worked. We decided to declare an emergency and land back at base. After receiving vectors and descending; we made a fourth attempt at restarting. This time it worked and the engine seemed to be operating normally. So we canceled the emergency and landed with no further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA44 instructor pilot reports shutting down the right engine at 5;500 feet for training then being unable to restart it after three tries. An emergency is declared but during descent a fourth attempt to restart is successful and the emergency is canceled.
Narrative: During single engine training; my student and I shutdown the right engine for practice. When we attempted to restart; the engine failed to respond. We tried the starter and increasing airspeed. Neither worked. We decided to declare an emergency and land back at base. After receiving vectors and descending; we made a fourth attempt at restarting. This time it worked and the engine seemed to be operating normally. So we canceled the emergency and landed with no further incident.
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.