# Accident 20040413007829A: Piper PA46310P, Taylor, PA, April 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Taylor, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3861° N, 75.6750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3861&lon=-75.6750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N861DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N861DD-2007-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520BE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040413007829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SEAMANS FIELD IN FACTORYVILLE, PA AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 LOCAL TIME, ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN TO LANCASTER PA. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES IN FLIGHT, THE PIC STATED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THE OIL TEMPERATURE INCREASED AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO MAKE IT TO KAVP BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED THEY BROKE OUT OF THE OVERCAST AT APPROXIMATELY 2,300 FEET MSL, AND SPOTTED A SMALL FIELD NEAR A RAIL ROAD YARD IN TAYLOR, PA. THE PILOT LANDED IN THE FIELD, STRIKING A SMALL TREE WITH THE LEFT WING. THE LEFT WING WAS NEARLY TORN OFF AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS ALSO TORN OFF. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER, ALSO A PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 NYC04LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA105), Apr 13, 2004: Piper PA-46-310P (N861DD), Taylor, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the number 2 connecting rod, after a main bearing shift, which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure.

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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