# Accident 20090721012779A: Piper PA46350P, Redmond, OR, July 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2009, 14:12 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Airport: Roberts Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2567° N, 121.1500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2567&lon=-121.1500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117KR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117KR) (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: LYC TIO540AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA361) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090721012779A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KDVO AT 1200 (PDT) FOR A FLIGHT TO S21.  FLIGHT WAS VFR WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICES PROVIDED BY ATC.  WHILE APPROACHING SUNRIVER, OREGON, PANEL LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  BREAKERS WERE CHECK AND THE GEAR SELECTOR RECYLCED.  THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS USED AND THE PILOT DIVERTED TO KRDM WHILE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO ROBERTS FIELD PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH ROBERTS TOWER, WHO GAVE CLEARANCE FOR A LOW ALTITUDE FLY-BY TO CHECK GEAR POSITION.  GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28.  AS PILOT WAS TURNING ONTO THE CROSSWIND LEG, HE SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW PAINT BEGINNING TO BUBBLE ON THE COWLING.  ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, FLAMES BROKE THROUGH AND THE COCKPT FILLED WITH SMOKE.  TOWER WAS NOTIFIED CLEARANCE WAS GIVEN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4.  ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 4, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT,UNCOMMANDED DECREASE IN POWER, BUT CONTINUED TO PROVIDE PARTIAL POWER.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 4, EXTED ONTO 28, AND QUICKLY STOPPED.  PASSENGER OPENED DOOR AND BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRPLANE.  FIRE CREWS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.

## 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 WPR09LA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA361), Jul 21, 2009: Piper PA-46-350P (N117KR), Redmond, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: An undetermined hydraulic system malfunction in the engine compartment during descent from cruise flight which resulted in an in-flight fire.

## Other reports on N117KR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130927019569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130927019569I), Sep 27, 2013: Piper PA 46-350P (N117KR), Lincoln, NE, No damage. On September 27, 2013 at 17:21 CDT, a Piper aircraft PA-46-350, registration number N117KR, serial number 4636088 while in cruise flight at 25,000 feet the…

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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