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PA-34 pilot reported the left engine would not restart following a shutdown for training. An uneventful single engine landing followed. The starter was found to be burnt out.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1390814 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| 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-34-200 Seneca I |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine Electric Starter |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 267 Flight Crew Type 7 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
[We were on a] training flight in a PA-34-200 [in] preparation [for a] multi-engine commercial checkride. At the time we were starting the maneuver to shutdown the engine in order to restart the left engine everything was going as per the checklist items (we had done the maneuver already 6 times). While trying to restart the engine we observed that the engine wasn't starting and had tried multiple times to do so. I was in control of the aircraft and I feel that the flight instructor had the same idea because everything was going perfectly. We decided to come back to [base] with the left engine inoperative. As I flew I was still unfamiliar with the area so my flight instructor kept with the radios because I did not know who to contact. We stayed in the class B airspace to keep altitude and we made a controlled landing. The instructor had noticed that I was in complete control and that is why I felt she did not take over. She coordinated with the ground and because I had simulated landing without an engine she allowed me to do the landing. No damage to persons or property occurred and it was found that the cause of the emergency was a burnt out starter. A centerline perfect landing was performed by the textbook.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-34 pilot reported the left engine would not restart following a shutdown for training. An uneventful single engine landing followed. The starter was found to be burnt out.
Narrative: [We were on a] training flight in a PA-34-200 [in] preparation [for a] multi-engine commercial checkride. At the time we were starting the maneuver to shutdown the engine in order to restart the left engine everything was going as per the checklist items (we had done the maneuver already 6 times). While trying to restart the engine we observed that the engine wasn't starting and had tried multiple times to do so. I was in control of the aircraft and I feel that the flight instructor had the same idea because everything was going perfectly. We decided to come back to [base] with the left engine INOP. As I flew I was still unfamiliar with the area so my flight instructor kept with the radios because I did not know who to contact. We stayed in the class B airspace to keep altitude and we made a controlled landing. The instructor had noticed that I was in complete control and that is why I felt she did not take over. She coordinated with the ground and because I had simulated landing without an engine she allowed me to do the landing. No damage to persons or property occurred and it was found that the cause of the emergency was a burnt out starter. A centerline perfect landing was performed by the textbook.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.