# Incident 19991110030349I: Piper PA46350P, Mount Sterling, KY, November 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1999, 12:13 local time
- Place: Mount Sterling, KY
- Airport: Montgomery County Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0655° N, 83.9488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Sterling, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0655&lon=-83.9488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117NJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,330 total, 30 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/19991110030349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS DESCENDING FROM 19000 FEET TO 13000 FEET AT 31" MP AND 2500 RPM. WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE BEGIN PRODUCING A "DEEP GUTTURAL SOUND", FOLLOWED BY A "POP".  (PILOT DESCRIPTION)  THE ENGINE SEIZED AND OIL COVERED THE WINDSHIELF.  THE PILOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY WITH INDIANAPOLIS CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS CENTER HANDED OFF TO LEXINGTON AND THE PILOT OPTED FOR A LANDING AT MT. STERLING, KEY (IOB).  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 3 OCCUPANTS OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR WHERE THE COWL WAS REMOVED.  A VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED THAT A PORTION OF THE ENGINE FROM THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION VALVE FORWARD WAS MISSING.  THE CAMSHAFT WAS EXPOSED AND BENT.  THE UPPER COWL HAD SMALL HOLES FROM METAL FRAGMENTS.  VARIOUS FRAGMENTS WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

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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