# Incident 20010628019989I: Piper PA32RT300, Amarillo, TX, June 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2001, 08:28 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3516M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3516M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,850 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010628019989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/28/01, SHORTLY AFTER 0800 CST, MR. PERRY DEPARTED TRADEWIND AIRPORT IN AMARILLO, TEXAS EN-ROUTE TO SHAMROCK, TEXAS. MR. PERRY STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0.2 HOURS AFTER TAKE-OFF HE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND A ROUGHNESS IN THE ENGINE.  HE CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL AT AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AMA) AND REQUESTED EMERGENCY CLEARANCE TO LAND.  AFTER BEING GRANTED CLEARANCE MR. PERRY EXECUTED A SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT AMA, AND SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SHALLOW DITH.  THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL CONE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED AN EXHAUST LEAK HAD MELTED A HOLE IN THE ENGINE INTAKE CROSSOVER TUBE. THIS CREATED A MAJOR MANIFOLD LEAK CAUSING THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

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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