Piper PA28 flight instructor reported the engine lost power during climb; then regained power when t...

Attributes
ACN	1478647
Time
Date	201709
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Other Traffic Pattern
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

I was doing pattern work (touch and goes) with one of my students and on our second lap while climbing out on the upwind we lost the power at 300ft ; wasn't a complete loss of power but the RPM dropped to 1000; the airport has a 2 parallel runways so I decided to turn towards the parallel runway because there wasn't enough power to climb out but while turning the airplane got it's power back again so I decided to keep going and just enter the crosswind for the parallel runway; I believe that there was something wrong with the carburetor that caused the problem; I didn't declare the emergency but I did asked for a priority but I think I should have declared the emergency because that will probably make everything clear to the tower and everyone but at the end of the day we were safe on the ground with no injuries or damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Piper PA28 flight instructor reported the engine lost power during climb; then regained power when turning crosswind for a parallel runway.

Narrative: I was doing pattern work (touch and goes) with one of my students and on our second lap while climbing out on the upwind we lost the power at 300ft ; wasn't a complete loss of power but the RPM dropped to 1000; the airport has a 2 parallel runways so I decided to turn towards the parallel runway because there wasn't enough power to climb out but while turning the airplane got it's power back again so I decided to keep going and just enter the crosswind for the parallel runway; I believe that there was something wrong with the carburetor that caused the problem; I didn't declare the emergency but I did asked for a priority but I think I should have declared the emergency because that will probably make everything clear to the tower and everyone but at the end of the day we were safe on the ground with no injuries or damage.

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.