# Accident 20020407006299A: Piper PA46310P, Hastings, MN, April 7, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2002, 10:15 local time
- Place: Hastings, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6975° N, 92.8639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6975&lon=-92.8639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9184F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9184F-2003-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020407006299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 7, 2002, AT 1015 HOURS LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-46-310P, OWNED BY AEROTECH LTD, OF GREENVILLE JUNCTION, ME, LOST POWER WHILE DESCENDING (APPROXIMATELY 2400 FT INDICATED) TOWARDS RGK AND WAS FORCED TO LAND 5 MILES S.E. OF HASTINGS, MN ON A RURAL ROADWAY. THIS PERSONAL, PART 91 FLIGHT DEPARTED STP AT APPROXIMATELY 0955 HRS, WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF RGK. MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND ALTHOUGH AN IFR APPROACH CLEARANCE HAD BEEN RECEIVED, NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE COMMERCIAL/INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH MSP DEPARTURE CONTROL AT THE TIME OF THE POWER LOSS. DURING LANDING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STRUCK A SMALL TREE AND A SECTION OF FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, THE BELLY, ALL THREE LANDING GEAR, THE PROPELLER, AND THE AFT FUSELAGE. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. (.19) ON APRIL 7, 2002, AT 1015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-46-310P, N9184F, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING TO A ROAD IN HASTINGS, MINNESOTA, AFTER A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE CFR 14 PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPAR            TED THE ST. PAUL DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (STP), ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ABOUT 0945 EN ROUTE TO RED WING REGIONAL AIRPORT (RGK), RED WING, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN TO RGK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI02LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA100), Apr 7, 2002: Piper PA-46-310P (N9184F), Hastings, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The engine failure due to oil starvation as a result of the fatigue fracture of the number 6 piston. Additional factors were the unsuitable terrain for landing encountered by the pilot, and the…

## Other reports on N9184F (1)

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

- [Incident 19970212005269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970212005269I), Feb 12, 1997: Piper PA46310P (N9184F), Dyersburg, TN, Minor damage. Narrative: after landing on rwy 26 the passenger/pilot without permission or instruction from the PIC attempted to raise the flaps, but selected the landing…

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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