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Small aircraft pilot demonstrating emergency procedures has engine problem. Flying at low altitude at time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 172874 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ptk |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 210 flight time type : 80 |
| ASRS Report | 172874 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
I departed ptk and flew south to see my house and a friend's house. My friend asked the question, 'what happens if you lose an engine?' I then went to demonstrate an emergency descent. When I pulled the power back, my engine stuttered and would not power up briefly. Once it did, I pulled up and circled my lake. Just in case it was going to quite I would have a place to make a safe landing on the lake. After checking all my gauges and deciding it was ok, I flew to fnt to practice VOR runway 17 approach, and then direct to ptk to land. When my engine stuttered, and the time I pulled up, I was at about the 500' mark over a lake. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter states the lake was frozen at the time, so he could consider it as possible landing sight. His instrument suggested he file report after FAA questioned him. However, the FAA has determined another pilot was the culprit who did some very low flying in the vicinity of tall buildings. They merely counseled reporter re: safety of his actions, and have dropped any further investigation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT DEMONSTRATING EMERGENCY PROCS HAS ENGINE PROBLEM. FLYING AT LOW ALT AT TIME.
Narrative: I DEPARTED PTK AND FLEW S TO SEE MY HOUSE AND A FRIEND'S HOUSE. MY FRIEND ASKED THE QUESTION, 'WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LOSE AN ENG?' I THEN WENT TO DEMONSTRATE AN EMER DSNT. WHEN I PULLED THE PWR BACK, MY ENG STUTTERED AND WOULD NOT PWR UP BRIEFLY. ONCE IT DID, I PULLED UP AND CIRCLED MY LAKE. JUST IN CASE IT WAS GOING TO QUITE I WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO MAKE A SAFE LNDG ON THE LAKE. AFTER CHKING ALL MY GAUGES AND DECIDING IT WAS OK, I FLEW TO FNT TO PRACTICE VOR RWY 17 APCH, AND THEN DIRECT TO PTK TO LAND. WHEN MY ENG STUTTERED, AND THE TIME I PULLED UP, I WAS AT ABOUT THE 500' MARK OVER A LAKE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATES THE LAKE WAS FROZEN AT THE TIME, SO HE COULD CONSIDER IT AS POSSIBLE LNDG SIGHT. HIS INSTR SUGGESTED HE FILE RPT AFTER FAA QUESTIONED HIM. HOWEVER, THE FAA HAS DETERMINED ANOTHER PLT WAS THE CULPRIT WHO DID SOME VERY LOW FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF TALL BUILDINGS. THEY MERELY COUNSELED RPTR RE: SAFETY OF HIS ACTIONS, AND HAVE DROPPED ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.