OpenAirDocs.org

20020331004679A

Accident · No damage
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Piper PA-46-310P · South St Paul, MN · March 31, 2002

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
March 31, 2002 · 10:55 local
Place
South St Paul, MN
Airport
South St Paul Municipal Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9103Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI02LA099
Reported as
Piper PA46310P
N9103QRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Piper PA-46-310PS/N 4608027 · Built 1986Airframe modelPiper PA-46-310PEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot departed sgs on runway 34, made left turn went up to 1800 ft. by 1850 ft. pilot flipped on freq. 121.2. Asked for clearance and was given sqwak #5242. He would pick up on IFR at 4 mi out. At approx. 3 miles out the alternator annunciator light came on. Passengers smelled smoke. A few seconds after that the engine went to approx. 1/2 power. Pilot made left turn and declared an emergency. Pilot said he was going back to sgs. Couldn't make sgs, said he was going to try to make wipaire's grass strip by the river. Couldn't make that so pilot put flaps down and stalled a few feet over the water. Aircraft landed in the Mississippi river. Right wing was sheared off at airframe and engine cowl was torn off on impact. All 3 souls on board jumped out of aircraft, with no injuries and were picked up by a fisherman and brought to shore. (.19) on March 31, 2002, at 1015 central standard time, a Piper malibu PA-46-310P, N9103Q, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing to the Mississippi river near south st. Paul, Minnesota, after it experienced a loss of engine power. The 14 CFR part 91 pleasure flight departed fleming fi eld (sgs), south st. Paul, Minnesota, at 1000 en route to storm lake, Iowa. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED SGS ON RUNWAY 34, MADE LEFT TURN WENT UP TO 1800 FT. BY 1850 FT. PILOT FLIPPED ON FREQ. 121.2. ASKED FOR CLEARANCE AND WAS GIVEN SQWAK #5242. HE WOULD PICK UP ON IFR AT 4 MI OUT. AT APPROX. 3 MILES OUT THE ALTERNATOR ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT CAME ON. PASSENGERS SMELLED SMOKE. A FEW SECONDS AFTER THAT THE ENGINE WENT TO APPROX. 1/2 POWER. PILOT MADE LEFT TURN AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PILOT SAID HE WAS GOING BACK TO SGS. COULDN'T MAKE SGS, SAID HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO MAKE WIPAIRE'S GRASS STRIP BY THE RIVER. COULDN'T MAKE THAT SO PILOT PUT FLAPS DOWN AND STALLED A FEW FEET OVER THE WATER. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. RIGHT WING WAS SHEARED OFF AT AIRFRAME AND ENGINE COWL WAS TORN OFF ON IMPACT. ALL 3 SOULS ON BOARD JUMPED OUT OF AIRCRAFT, WITH NO INJURIES AND WERE PICKED UP BY A FISHERMAN AND BROUGHT TO SHORE. (.19) ON MARCH 31, 2002, AT 1015 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PIPER MALIBU PA-46-310P, N9103Q, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, AFTER IT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT DEPARTED FLEMING FI ELD (SGS), SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, AT 1000 EN ROUTE TO STORM LAKE, IOWA. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI02LA099Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSouth St. Paul, MNA loss of engine power due to an electrical short of the P-lead, and loose fuel line connection as a result of improper maintenance.Mar 31, 2002 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N9103Q · 1

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

Accident 19920130001439AForced/Precautionary Landing · Baltimore, MDEngine fire on takeoff turned around landed. Fire put out. Leak found in vapor fuel return line.Jan 30, 1992 · Substantial damage