# Incident 20021104035339I: Piper PA31350, Madison, WI, November 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2002, 08:30 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane Co Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3591U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021104035339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE, AFTER DEPARTING MINERAL POINT, WI. THE PILOT OBSERVED A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. WHEN OIL PRESSURE CONTINUED TO DROP, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED AT MADISON, WISCONSIN. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND AN INFLIGHT FIRE OCCURRED. AFTER ENGINE TEARDOWN AND INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE #1 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BEARING FAILED. THE NTSB WAS NOTIFIED DUE TO THE INFLIGHT FIRE, AND THEY ADVISED THIS OFFICE THEY WOULD NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS INVESTIGATION.

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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