<< >> NASA ASRS Report 803673, September 2008

A PA-44 pilot shut down an engine for training but it would not restart. Pilot landed and was able to restart the engine on the ground.

Attributes
ACN	803673
Time
Date	200809
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 5500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-44 Seminole Turbo Seminole
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	803673
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Doing training overhead ZZZ. Intentionally feathered left engine. Would not restart after 3 attempts. Determined safest course of action was to land and then troubleshoot. Found nothing wrong with engine. Possible fuel flooding uncowled; inspected; cowled restarted. Run-up in accordance with maintenance manual. No defects found.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA-44 PILOT SHUT DOWN AN ENGINE FOR TRAINING BUT IT WOULD NOT RESTART. PILOT LANDED AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE ON THE GROUND.

Narrative: DOING TRAINING OVERHEAD ZZZ. INTENTIONALLY FEATHERED L ENG. WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS. DETERMINED SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO LAND AND THEN TROUBLESHOOT. FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH ENG. POSSIBLE FUEL FLOODING UNCOWLED; INSPECTED; COWLED RESTARTED. RUN-UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINT MANUAL. NO DEFECTS FOUND.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.