# Incident 20130826018279I: Piper PA-46-310P, Palestine, TX, August 26, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2013, 11:53 local time
- Place: Palestine, TX
- Airport: Palestine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7797° N, 95.7063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALESTINE MUNI (PSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7797&lon=-95.7063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4388M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4388M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C3B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,224 total, 41 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130826018279I

## Narrative

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

DURING INITIAL CLIMB, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO PALESTINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TX.  THE ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY SEIZED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 400 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 18.  NO INJURIES.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED #1 CYLINDER HEAD INTERNAL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.

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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