# Incident 20060310011409I: Piper PA31P, Louisville, KY, March 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N376DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541E1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060310011409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/13/2006 RECEIVED CALL TO COME OVER TO BOWMAN AIRPORT (LOU) AND CHECK ON A P-NAVAJO N376DG THAT LANDED WITH THE LEFT ENGINE FEATHERED. INVESTIGATION FOUND N376DG A PA-31P HAD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE. ENGINE HAD A LARGE HOLE IN TOP OF CASE CONNECTING ROD FOR FWD L.H. CYLINDER HAD BROKEN AND WAS IN PIECES, ENG CASE HAD ADDITIONAL LARGE CRACKS. PHOTOGRAPHS AND INFORMATION FROM AIRCRAFT WERE TAKEN.

## Other reports on N376DG (1)

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

- [Incident 20130118000479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130118000479I), Jan 18, 2013: Piper PA-31P (N376DG), Charlevoix, MI, Minor damage. Pilot approached Charlevoix (cvx) airport under IFR flight plan, pilot reported in statement that he was on GPS approach to runway 9, descending to 2300 ft to…

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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