# Incident 20030903024009I: Piper PA46310P, Bloomington-Nor, IL, September 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2003, 14:25 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550MP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N550MP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO550C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030903024009I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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