# Incident 19960731037949I: Piper PA46350P, Mankato, MN, July 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1996, 11:11 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Airport: Mankato Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N463WP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AE2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960731037949I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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