<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1660668, July 2019

A piper PA-28 pilot reported difficulty climbing after takeoff; and requested an immediate return to the airport.

Attributes
ACN	1660668
Time
Date	201907
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	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Runway 35L departure. About 200-300 AGL aircraft stopped climbing. Right turn to 090 and call to tower saying we were unable to climb. Rising terrain in front of us forced a right turn eastward and then southward. Tower cleared the runways and told landing runway was pilot's discretion. We were unable to climb much higher than 300 AGL the whole flight. Initiated a right downwind pattern between the parallels. Base to final turn to land back on runway 17L. Landed without incident. Taxi back to hangers and had maintenance look at the engine.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Piper PA-28 pilot reported difficulty climbing after takeoff; and requested an immediate return to the airport.

Narrative: Runway 35L departure. About 200-300 AGL aircraft stopped climbing. Right turn to 090 and call to Tower saying we were unable to climb. Rising terrain in front of us forced a right turn eastward and then southward. Tower cleared the runways and told landing runway was pilot's discretion. We were unable to climb much higher than 300 AGL the whole flight. Initiated a right downwind pattern between the parallels. Base to final turn to land back on Runway 17L. Landed without incident. Taxi back to hangers and had maintenance look at the engine.

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.