# Accident 19940507010269A: Piper PA46310P, Houston, TX, May 7, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1994, 18:06 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3648E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3648E-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520BE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940507010269A

## Narrative

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

IN FLIGHT HALF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. DESCENDING OIL WENT TO ZERO. SHUT DOWN. DITCHED. ALL RESCUED. PLANE SANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW94LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA146), May 7, 1994: Piper PA-46-310P (N3648E), High Island 334, destroyed. Probable cause: A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITH THE CAUSE UNDETERMINED. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING.

## Other reports on N3648E (3)

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

- [Incident 19900309008059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900309008059I), Mar 9, 1990: Piper PA46310P (N3648E), Miami, OK, Minor damage. Engine malfunctioned. Forced landing in field short of runway at Miami.
- [Incident 19880513020779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880513020779I), May 13, 1988: Piper PA46310P (N3648E), Calverton, NY, Minor damage. Lost radios due to a failed alternator. Used a hand held radio for communications. Nose gear collapsed on landing.
- [Incident 19850214028789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850214028789I), Feb 14, 1985: Piper PA46310P (N3648E), Palmyra, PA, Minor damage. Pilot landed long and fast on short runway. Ran off end into snowbank.

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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