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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46500TP · Ellwood City · February 7, 2009

Date: February 7, 2009 · 15:30 local
Place: Ellwood City
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: CGHVM
Reported as: Piper PA46500TP
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Cghvm flown by pilot in command, privacy data omitted, deviated from assigned altitude of FL250 and conflicted with an E145 at FL260. The incident occurred 20 NM NE of Ellwood City VOR. Pilot stated in an interview that he was preoccupied by a malfunction in the autopilot and additional failure of the multi-function display. Further interviews revealed the autopilot was not installed in the aircraft at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

CGHVM FLOWN BY PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEVIATED FROM ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF FL250 AND CONFLICTED WITH AN E145 AT FL260. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED 20 NM NE OF ELLWOOD CITY VOR. PILOT STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT HE WAS PREOCCUPIED BY A MALFUNCTION IN THE AUTOPILOT AND ADDITIONAL FAILURE OF THE MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY. FURTHER INTERVIEWS REVEALED THE AUTOPILOT WAS NOT INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.