# Incident 20080108000309I: Piper PA46350P, Bowling Green, KY, January 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2008, 19:54 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green-Warren County Rg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9903° N, 86.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9903&lon=-86.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N295S) (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 PT6*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080108000309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE OPERATING N295S, AT FL270, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED AN OVER-TEMP CONDITION AND ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN AND SECURE THE ENGINE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS VECTORED TOWARDS THE NEAREST AIRPORT, BOWLING GREEN -WARREN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT IN BOWLING GREEN, KY. AFTER DESCENDING THROUGH A CLOUD LAYER THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GAINED SIGHT OF THE AIRPORT AND SET UP FOR A POWER OFF APPROACH AND LANDING. THE WIND AT THE AIRPORT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 20 KTS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHEN HE MADE THE TURN TO THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE THE PROPELLER CAME OUT OF FEATHER AND BEGAN TURNING. THE RESULTING DRAG WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO REACH THE RUNWAY SO HE ELECTED TO OFFSET HIS APROACH SLIGHTLY TO MISS ANY APPROACH LIGHTS THAT MAY HAVE EXTENDED ROM THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A CORNFIELD, ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. AS A RESULT OF THE MUD, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP QUICKLY AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 921 FEET FROM THE APPROACH THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 21 AND 150 WEST OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND NONE WERE INJURED. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.

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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