# Incident 20000428020139I: Piper PA32R300, Stockton, MO, April 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: Stockton, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6969° N, 93.7959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6969&lon=-93.7959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47977, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47977) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000428020139I

## Narrative

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

(-23)IN CRUISE FLIGTH, ENGINE BEGAN TO HEAT UP, AND PRESSURE BEGAN DECREASING. PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF-FIELD LANDING WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO THE PILOT.  INSPECTION BY COMPANY MECHANIC INDICATED #1 CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN, AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING PARTS AND ENGINE CRANKCASE.  INCIDENT #CE2000IGA041 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N47977 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000905030869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000905030869I), Sep 5, 2000: Piper PA32R300 (N47977), Albany, MO. (-23)Pilot in command (a company instructor and check airman) and pilot-in-training departed Kansas city downtown airport (mkc) for des moines international…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.