# Incident 20050516009489I: Piper PA23250, Kirksville, MO, May 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Airport: Kirksville Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0935° N, 92.5449° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIRKSVILLE RGNL (IRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0935&lon=-92.5449&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13901, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13901) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 854 total, 139 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050516009489I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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