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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32RT-300T · Kingston, OK · February 22, 1998

Date
February 22, 1998 · 15:10 local
Place
Kingston, OK
Airport
Lake Texoma State Park Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39707
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,600 total60 in this make and model15 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: turbocharger exhaust clamp broke allowing hot gases to burn three ignition leads and exhaust gas temperature leads. Pilot detected power loss and burning odors, then declared an emergency and was given vectors to F31 airport for a safe landing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: TURBOCHARGER EXHAUST CLAMP BROKE ALLOWING HOT GASES TO BURN THREE IGNITION LEADS AND EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE LEADS. PILOT DETECTED POWER LOSS AND BURNING ODORS, THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO F31 AIRPORT FOR A SAFE LANDING.