# Incident 20021012037479I: Piper PA32R300, Olathe, KS, October 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2002, 17:24 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8309° N, 94.8903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4557X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4557X) (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: 4,935 total, 168 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021012037479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MAGNETO SUFFERED INTERNAL FAILURE RESULTING IN POWER REDUCTION. PILOT EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING AT IXD. REPAIR FACILITY LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT IDENTIFIED AND REPAIRED THE MAGNETO AND FILED A MALFUNCTON DEFECT REPORT. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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