# Incident 19971224043869I: Piper PA34200T, Baton Rouge, LA, December 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1997, 14:20 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5329° N, 91.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD (BTR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5329&lon=-91.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2949E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2949E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 130 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971224043869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ENROUTE FROM NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT TO LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA, LEFT ENGINE "SPUTTERED" AND LOST POWER. PILOT COULD NOT REGAIN POWER AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BATON ROUGE RYAN AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY. A&P DON MELANCON INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND GROUND RAN ENGINE. ON GROUND RUN THE ENGINE FAILED. TECHNICIAN FOUND NON FERROUS METAL IN OIL PUMP INLET SCREEN.

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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