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A PA31 engine quit after takeoff because of a faulty fuel control. The pilot declared an emergency and return to land on the departure runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 920559 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| 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-31 Navajo/Chieftan/Mojave/T1040 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Powerplant Fuel Control |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 2300 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff at about 500 AGL I felt a strong yaw to the right and realized I had just lost my right engine. I feathered the engine and reported to ATC that I had lost my engine and I needed to come back around and land on the departure runway. At this time I declared an emergency. ATC offered me a different runway but I declined due to not being in position to land on that runway. ATC asked me to climb to 7;000 ft but because of my single engine performance I was only able to climb to 6;500 ft before my descent to land. I proceeded to land with no issues and taxied back to the cargo ramp single engine. I was told that mechanics later found that I lost my engine due to a faulty fuel controller.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA31 engine quit after takeoff because of a faulty fuel control. The pilot declared an emergency and return to land on the departure runway.
Narrative: Shortly after takeoff at about 500 AGL I felt a strong yaw to the right and realized I had just lost my right engine. I feathered the engine and reported to ATC that I had lost my engine and I needed to come back around and land on the departure runway. At this time I declared an emergency. ATC offered me a different runway but I declined due to not being in position to land on that runway. ATC asked me to climb to 7;000 FT but because of my single engine performance I was only able to climb to 6;500 FT before my descent to land. I proceeded to land with no issues and taxied back to the cargo ramp single engine. I was told that mechanics later found that I lost my engine due to a faulty fuel controller.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.