# Incident 19960916033929I: Piper PA60601P, Brigham City, UT, September 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1996, 16:27 local time
- Place: Brigham City, UT
- Airport: Brigham City Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5543° N, 112.0623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIGHAM CITY RGNL (BMC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5543&lon=-112.0623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601BB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N601BB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960916033929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPT. 16, 1996, AT 1670 MST, A PIPER PA-60 PILOTED BY MR. ROBERT NORRIS DEPARTED BRIGHAM CITY AIRPORT. TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, IN AN ALTITUDE OF 20,000 FEET, THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE RIGHT ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED 12 INCHES FROM 37 TO 25. ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE DROPPED AND CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE STAYED THE SAME. MR. NORRIS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER WAS NOT COMPLETELY LOST. AT A LOWER ALTITUDE THE ENGINE RAN REASONABLY WELL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO KEYSTONE AVIATION IN SALT LAKE CITY. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN CLAMP ON THE INDICATION COLLECTOR BOOT, WHICH CONNECTS THE INTERCOOLER TO THE INDUCTION BOX. LOSS OF THIS SEAL ALLOWS THE TURBO CHARGE TO ESCAPE AND THE ENGINE THEN BECOMES NORMALLY ASPIRATED. THE CLAMP WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE PERFORMED NORMALLY. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

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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