# Incident 20040913025289I: Piper PA31350, Muncie, IN, September 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2004, 11:38 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Airport: Delaware County-Johnson Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DBKA
- Location: 40.2423° N, 85.3959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Delaware County Johnson Field (MIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2423&lon=-85.3959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3591U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040913025289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/13/04, N3591U, A PA-31-350 DEPARTED LUK ENROUTE TO MSN. DURING FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD A RIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN FORCING THE PILOT TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MUNCIE, INDIANA. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE CREW AT MUNCIE AIRPORT REMOVED THE ENGINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT IDLING GEAR WAS BROKEN. THE ENGINE WILL BE SHIPPED TO A REPAIR STATION TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE.

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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