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PA-28 flight instructor reported an engine failure on short final.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1616408 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| 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-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 480 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Engine failure [on] short final; engine died at low RPM setting. On the last landing; we were on final at about 400 feet landing on runway xx at ZZZ. Student gradually reduced power as we were a little high on the glideslope [and] engine started running roughly. I took controls; added power back in and the engine ran normally. Over the threshold in ground effect; the student pulled power to idle; at this point the engine sputtered and quit. I took controls as there was no go-around option; landed the aircraft and got off at the closest taxi way. I then looked around the cockpit; assured that the mixture was full rich; the fuel pump was on; the fuel selector was on the proper tank; and both magnetos were on. I then tried to restart the engine; the engine started but once again died shortly after I brought the throttle just below 1000 RPM. At this point; I switched tanks; retried the engine start checklist and got the same result. During the preflight inspection; I saw the student sump the fuel and confirmed there was no contaminants in the fuel; he then dumped the fuel in a slop tank. I also visually confirmed both tanks were full [and] the oil was within operating range. The oil was between 7.2-7.3 quarts; well within the operating range of 6-8 quarts. Nothing on the run up indicated of problems occurring in the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28 flight instructor reported an engine failure on short final.
Narrative: Engine failure [on] short final; engine died at low RPM setting. On the last landing; we were on final at about 400 feet landing on Runway XX at ZZZ. Student gradually reduced power as we were a little high on the glideslope [and] engine started running roughly. I took controls; added power back in and the engine ran normally. Over the threshold in ground effect; the student pulled power to idle; at this point the engine sputtered and quit. I took controls as there was no go-around option; landed the aircraft and got off at the closest taxi way. I then looked around the cockpit; assured that the mixture was full rich; the fuel pump was on; the fuel selector was on the proper tank; and both magnetos were on. I then tried to restart the engine; the engine started but once again died shortly after I brought the throttle just below 1000 RPM. At this point; I switched tanks; retried the Engine Start Checklist and got the same result. During the preflight inspection; I saw the student sump the fuel and confirmed there was no contaminants in the fuel; he then dumped the fuel in a slop tank. I also visually confirmed both tanks were full [and] the oil was within operating range. The oil was between 7.2-7.3 quarts; well within the operating range of 6-8 quarts. Nothing on the run up indicated of problems occurring in the flight.
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