# Incident 20051220029979I: Piper PA46350P, Columbia, MO, December 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2005, 11:57 local time
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Airport: Columbia Regional
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37AT-2012-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 600 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/20051220029979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, TO JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI. WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE POWER, THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT CONTROL THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, AND THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. A "DEAD STICK" LANDING WAS MADE AT THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON EXAMINATION, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE LINKAGE HAD FAILED. THE LINKAGE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE FOLLOWING DAY. NOTE: THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CONVERTED FROM A PISTON ENGINE TO A TURBINE ENGINE (PT6A-34) BY JETPROP, LLC, SPOKANE, WA. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED 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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