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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA46350P · Mankato, MN · July 31, 1996

Date: July 31, 1996 · 11:11 local
Place: Mankato, MN
Airport: Mankato Municipal
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N463WP
Reported as: Piper PA46350P
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540AE2A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total500 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft departed flying cloud airport (fcm) on IFR flight plan to des moines, IA (dsm). Aircraft lost power at cruise altitude near Mankato, MN airport (mkt) at 13,700 feet. Pilot had Mankato airport in sight. Glided in for an uneventful landing. No damage to the aircraft and no injuries. Issued pilot letter of warning for inadvertent over-flight of AD#84-26-02. M & d forthcoming from modern aero, inc., on failure of r/h turbocharger which caused the engine power loss.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (FCM) ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO DES MOINES, IA (DSM). AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT CRUISE ALTITUDE NEAR MANKATO, MN AIRPORT (MKT) AT 13,700 FEET. PILOT HAD MANKATO AIRPORT IN SIGHT. GLIDED IN FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. ISSUED PILOT LETTER OF WARNING FOR INADVERTENT OVER-FLIGHT OF AD#84-26-02. M & D FORTHCOMING FROM MODERN AERO, INC., ON FAILURE OF R/H TURBOCHARGER WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE POWER LOSS.