# Incident 19970925032479I: Piper PA60601P, Alamosa, CO, September 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1997, 11:07 local time
- Place: Alamosa, CO
- Airport: San Luis Valley/Bergman Field
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4351° N, 105.8679° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS VALLEY RGNL/BERGMAN FLD (ALS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4351&lon=-105.8679&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8013J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970925032479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N8013J DEPARTED ALAMOSA, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1997 FOR CONCORD, CA PILOT MR. RANDALL MOWREY REPORTED OIL PRESSURE LOSS THEN SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED ENGINE AND RETURNED TO ALAMOSA AIRPORT WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MECHANIC RONALD ECORD OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AEROMOTIVE INC. WHO INDICATED THE OIL PRESSURE LOSS CAUSED THE TURBOCHARGER BEARING TO FAIL BY CAUSING A LOSS OF OIL TO THE TURBOCHARGER. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED METAL CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY THE TURBOCHARGER BEARING FAILURE, NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OR THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND AT THIS TIME. MR. ECORD WILL NOTIFY US OF OIL PUMP STATUS AFTER INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE IS ACCOMPLISHED.

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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