# Incident 20061024028439I: Piper PA24250, Sherman, IL, October 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2006, 13:13 local time
- Place: Sherman, IL
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4356° N, 90.0033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4356&lon=-90.0033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6090P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6090P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07IA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061024028439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED SPI AND WAS CLIMBING TO 5500 WHEN A VIBRATION WAS NOTICED FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN AND LOSS OF POWER. AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE WAS 5000 AND THE WATHER WAS CLEAR. THE PILOT WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE ALTITUDE AT THE TIME POWER WAS LOST ALLOWED THE PILOT CONSIDERABLE TIME TO PREPARE FOR AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WHICH WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IN AN UNHARVESTED SOYBEAN FIELD WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI07IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07IA017), Oct 24, 2006: Piper PA-24-250 (N6090P), Sherman, IL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The loose connecting rod bolt due to a loss of torque and subsequent failure of the connecting rod during cruise flight.

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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