# Incident 19940104001339I: Piper PA31350, Buena Vista, CO, January 4, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1994, 15:00 local time
- Place: Buena Vista, CO
- Airport: Buena Vista Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8299° N, 106.1407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buena Vista, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8299&lon=-106.1407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 360 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940104001339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT 16,800 FT. RT ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISE. ENGINE INDICATION WAS NORMAL. ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE AN INTERNAL EXPLOSION AND STOPPED. AIRCRAFT EN-COUNTERED SEVERE TURBULANCE AND EXPERIENCED A LEFT ALTERNATOR FAILURE. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT BUENA VISTA, CO. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A MAGNETO PROBLEM ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. MAGNETO TCM P/N 10-685046-110 TYPE NO D6RN-3200-11 TT-401 HOURS.

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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