# Incident 19901012054429I: Piper PA46310P, Lafayette, LA, October 12, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1990, 14:40 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2428Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2428Q-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520BE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 90 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901012054429I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE EXPLOSION EN ROUTE. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED. FOUND HOLE IN ENGINE AND THREE BROKEN RODS.

## Other reports on N2428Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140618011439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140618011439A), Jun 18, 2014: Piper PA-46-310P (N2428Q), Morton, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On June 18, 2014 at 1535 CDT, a Piper PA-46-310P aircraft bearing registration number N2428Q, registered to flying lazy t LLC, lost control at FL290 and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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