# Incident 20001010029949I: Piper PA46350P, Long Beach, CA, October 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2000, 07:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GSPA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9214Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001010029949I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM JOHN-WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY TO PORTERVILLE, CA. DURING CLIMB, AT ABOUT 5,000 FT.   THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE ENGINE.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE PROPELLER SEIZED AND OIL BEGAN RAPIDLY SEEPING FROM THE COWLING AREA.  THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT LONG BEACH DAUGHERTY FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND ON INJURIES TO THE 3 PASSENGERS.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED.

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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