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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Palm Springs, CA · May 30, 2013

Date
May 30, 2013 · 09:38 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N146ZF
Reported as
Piper PA-46-310P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total91 in this make and model91 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.

Aircraft was at 21000FT and pilot reduced power, engine ran rough and quit. Pilot started engine and executed a precautionary landing at psp. The flight was approx. 14NM from psp.

Aircraft landed under-power without incident. Mechanics investigated engine condition, accomplished ground runs, flight test, all normal. The aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS AT 21000FT AND PILOT REDUCED POWER, ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND QUIT. PILOT STARTED ENGINE AND EXECUTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT PSP. THE FLIGHT WAS APPROX. 14NM FROM PSP.

AIRCRAFT LANDED UNDER-POWER WITHOUT INCIDENT. MECHANICS INVESTIGATED ENGINE CONDITION, ACCOMPLISHED GROUND RUNS, FLIGHT TEST, ALL NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.