# Incident 19990307017909I: Piper PA34200T, Des Moines, IA, March 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1999, 17:30 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CTYA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7693F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990307017909I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT DEPARTED DES MOINES, IA AND CLIMBED TO 9,000 FT. AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED LACK OF POWER. PILOT REQUESTED LOWER ALTITUDE AND RETURNED TO DES MOINES. MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT ENGINE #2 AND #4 CYLINDERS BAD. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO BISMARCH, ND ON FERRY FLIGHT.

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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