At about 15:30 PDT, a Piper PA-23-160 Apache lost an engine and made a forced landing off-airport. The instructor suffered minor injuries and the student pilot was uninjured. The flight was a combination maintenance flight and instructional flight. The instructor said he intentionally failed and secured the right engine but was unable to restart it. He elected to return to the airport but the left engine failed about four miles from the airport. Inspectors found water in the main fuel tanks and in the carburetor bowls of both engines.
Sept. 9, Hillsboro, Ore. / Piper Apache
At about 15:30 PDT, a Piper PA-23-160 Apache lost an engine and made a forced landing off-airport. The instructor suffered minor injuries and the student pilot was uninjured. The flight was a combination maintenance flight and instructional flight. The instructor said he intentionally failed and secured the right engine but was unable to restart it. He elected to return to the airport but the left engine failed about four miles from the airport. Inspectors found water in the main fuel tanks and in the carburetor bowls of both engines....
Key Takeaways:
- A Piper PA-23-160 Apache made a forced landing after both engines failed during a combined maintenance and instructional flight.
- The instructor had intentionally shut down one engine for training but was unable to restart it, and the second engine subsequently failed four miles from the airport.
- Investigators determined the cause of both engine failures was water contamination found in the main fuel tanks and carburetor bowls.
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