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FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Kirksville, MO · May 16, 2005

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Date
May 16, 2005 · 10:30 local
Place
Kirksville, MO
Airport
Kirksville Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N13901
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540C1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
854 total139 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N13901Registered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-4533 · Built 1970Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft departed lakeville, MN (lvn) enroute to joplin, MO (jln) via owatonna, MN (owa). Pilot states that approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes after departing owa, at a cruising altitude of 12,000 feet, the LH engine surged, followed by a decrease in power with the engine monitoring system indicating "one very hot cylinder." Engine "was secured" and a "non eventful single engine landing" was accomplished in Kirksville, MO (irk). Maintenance found no compression on one cylinder and evidence of metal contamination in oil system. Incident privacy data omitted is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LAKEVILLE, MN (LVN) ENROUTE TO JOPLIN, MO (JLN) VIA OWATONNA, MN (OWA). PILOT STATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING OWA, AT A CRUISING ALTITUDE OF 12,000 FEET, THE LH ENGINE SURGED, FOLLOWED BY A DECREASE IN POWER WITH THE ENGINE MONITORING SYSTEM INDICATING "ONE VERY HOT CYLINDER." ENGINE "WAS SECURED" AND A "NON EVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING" WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN KIRKSVILLE, MO (IRK). MAINTENANCE FOUND NO COMPRESSION ON ONE CYLINDER AND EVIDENCE OF METAL CONTAMINATION IN OIL SYSTEM. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.