# Incident 20061105030299I: Piper PA60602P, Cadillac, MI, November 5, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Cadillac, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2466° N, 85.4323° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cadillac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2466&lon=-85.4323&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114VF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 602P (registry code 7106014, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540U2A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061105030299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF FROM BRIDGEPORT CT ENROUTE TO DULUTH MN WITH A FUEL STOP AT SAGINAW MBS AIRPORT. AFTER TAKING OFF FROM SAGINAW AIRPORT (MBS), MI WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEVEL AT 10,000 FEET, SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE OIL WAS SEEN ON THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER AND DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT THE CADILLAC AIRPORT (CAD) WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE FOUR ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING THE PILOT, NO ONE RECEIVED INJURIES.

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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