# Accident 20061103026789A: Piper PA46310P, Chester, IL, November 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2006, 07:25 local time
- Place: Chester, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9200° N, 89.7347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9200&lon=-89.7347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N460TM-2009-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520BE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 40 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061103026789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO ON A FILED FLIGHT PLAN TO DUPAGE, IL. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE AT 9000 FEET, PILOT NOTICED DECREASING OIL PRESSURE AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE. PILOT NOTIFIED KANSAS CITY CONTROL THAT HE HAD AN ENGINE "ISSUE" AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO CAPE GIRARDEAU. AFTER ENGINE PERFORMANCE DETERIORATED FURTHER, THE PILOT REQUESTED CLOSEST AIRPORT AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO PERRYVILLE, MO. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE QUIT ALTOGETHER AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A BEAN FIELD 5 MILES EAST OF CHESTER, IL. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 CHI07LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA018), Nov 3, 2006: Piper PA-46-310P (N460TM), Chester, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the turbocharger shroud which resulted in oil starvation to the engine. A factor was the muddy field.

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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