# Incident 20000102001329I: Piper PA46350P, Bullhead City, AZ, January 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2000, 02:15 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead Internation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9285W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AE2A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 397 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000102001329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/02/00 AT 01.45 N9285W DEPARTING LAS FOR BERMUDA DUNES, CA ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  UPON REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 14,000 FT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN MAKING RUMBLING SOUNDS, THE PILOT MR. VANN THEN CONTACTED LA CENTER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR THE CLOSEST AIRPORT.  MR. VANN THEN PROCEDED TO IFP BULLHEAD CITY, AS DIRECTED.  MR. VANN LOST TOTAL ENGINE POWER FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 15 MINUTES OF FLIGHT.  MR. VANN OPTED TO LEAVE THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH LIFT AS POSSIBLE.  DURING HIS APPROACH HE STATED HE REMBERED SEEING THE POWER LINES AND BARELY MAKING IT OVER THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT STALL SPEEDS.  MR. VANN IMPACTED SHORT OF RUNWAY 16 AND SLID APPROX 658 FT.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. NO INJURIES ON

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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