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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Bloomington-Nor, IL · September 3, 2003

Date: September 3, 2003 · 14:25 local
Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
Airport: Bloomington-Normal
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N550MP
Reported as: Piper PA46310P
Reported engine: Continental TSIO550C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,200 total2,500 in this make and model95 in the last 90 days

N550MPRegistered now · Piper PA-46-310PS/N 4608041 · Built 1986 Airframe modelPiper PA-46-310P Engine modelContinental TSIO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On sept. 3, 2003, at 1840Z-1340C, Piper malibu, N550MP, was IFR enroute from decatur, IL, to Bloomington, IL, at an assigned altitude of 12,000 feet. The pilot advised ATC that the engine manifold pressure had dropped, followed by a loss of oil pressure, twenty miles south of Bloomington, IL airport and requested 8000 feet. A minute later the pilot declared an emergency and informed ATC of the engine failure. The pilot stated that the propeller continued to windmill quite fast until an internal engine part broke through the engine crankcase and the engine seized. The pilot landed on taxiway 02 at the Bloomington, IL, airport without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPT. 3, 2003, AT 1840Z-1340C, PIPER MALIBU, N550MP, WAS IFR ENROUTE FROM DECATUR, IL, TO BLOOMINGTON, IL, AT AN ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF 12,000 FEET. THE PILOT ADVISED ATC THAT THE ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE HAD DROPPED, FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, TWENTY MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON, IL AIRPORT AND REQUESTED 8000 FEET. A MINUTE LATER THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND INFORMED ATC OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE PROPELLER CONTINUED TO WINDMILL QUITE FAST UNTIL AN INTERNAL ENGINE PART BROKE THROUGH THE ENGINE CRANKCASE AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE PILOT LANDED ON TAXIWAY 02 AT THE BLOOMINGTON, IL, AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT.