# Incident 20040728019549I: Piper PA46310P, Yakutat, AK, July 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2004, 15:15 local time
- Place: Yakutat, AK
- Airport: Yakutat
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.5469° N, 139.7272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakutat, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.5469&lon=-139.7272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4386N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4386N) (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 TSIO550C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040728019549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT FL230 OVER YAKUTAT, AK THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND BACKFIRE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC, AND THEN WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO RUN SMOOTH AGAIN BY INCREASING THE MIXTURE. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO JUNEAU, AK AS JUNEAU HAD BETTER WEATHER AND YAKUTAT'S ILS AND RUNWAY 11-29 WAS CLOSED. ALSO A FACTOR IN CHOOSING JUNEAU WAS THE AIRCRAFT'S ALTITUDE OF 23,000 FT. UPON EXAMINATION IN JUNEAU, A LEAK WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT'S INDUCTION SYSTEM. THE LEAK WAS FIXED AND MAINTENANCE CHECKED OK.

## Other reports on N4386N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20130813019969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130813019969A), Aug 13, 2013: Piper PA-46-310P (N4386N), Lake Charles, LA, Minor damage. Pilot landed with touchdown on right gear first than left gear. When nose touched down aircraft lurched to the left. Applied right rudder pedal with no affect…

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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