# Incident 19950925041249I: Piper PA24250, St Cloud, MN, September 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1995, 15:28 local time
- Place: St Cloud, MN
- Airport: St Cloud Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5466° N, 94.0599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Saint Cloud Regional Airport (STC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5466&lon=-94.0599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7472P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7472P-2021-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950925041249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO HAVE HIS AIRCRAFT ENGINE INSPECTED. THE ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TEMP WAS RUNNING HIGHER THAN NORMAL WITH FULL RICH MIXTURE. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY REINSTALLING A MISSING BOLT AND TIGHTENING THE OTHER ATTACHED BOLT ON THE #5 CYLINDER INTAKE FLANGE. THE MISSING BOLT CREATED AN INDUCTION LEAK CAUSING A LEAN MIXTURE, THEREFORE CAUSING THE HIGH EGT INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUN-UP AND RELEASED M OR D REPORT SENT OUT.

## Other reports on N7472P (1)

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

- [Accident 20180917013769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180917013769A), Sep 17, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N7472P), Upland, CA, Substantial damage. The airman and one passenger were returning to Upland Cable Airport (ccb) from reno Nevada. The airman stated that he crossed the san gabriel mountains above…

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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