# Incident 20140506006919I: Piper PA-46-310P, Bangor, ME, May 6, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2014, 14:15 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9127Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9127Z) (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-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140506006919I

## Narrative

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

ON THE FLIGHT FROM BEDFORD (KBED) TO GOOSE BAY CANADA (CYYR) AT THE CRUISING ALTITUDE OF FL230 AND -33 C THE PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) HEARD A ?PUFF? AND THE ENGINE LOSS POWER.  HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH BOSTON CENTER AND PROCEEDED TO GLIDE INTO BANGOR (KBGR).  HE LANDED KBGR RUNWAY 33 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GENERAL AVIATION RAMP UNDER THE AIRCRAFTS POWER.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS CHECKED OUT AT THE LOCAL FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO) AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND.  THE PILOT RAN THE AIRCRAFT UP AND DID SEVERAL LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN FLIGHTS WITH NO ENGINE PROBLEMS.

THE PILOT CONTACTED A PIPER MALIBU SPECIALIST AND THEY DISCUSSED POSSIBLE MOISTURE IN THE FUEL.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST FLOWN INTO KBED FROM FLORIDA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MOISTURE IN THE FUEL ON THIS FLIGHT AND THE CONCERN IT MIGHT HAVE FROZEN AT THE HIGH ALTITUDE CAUSING THE POWER LOSE.  THE PILOT ADDED ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL PER THEIR DISCUSSION SINCE HE WOULD BE FLYING AT HIGH ALTITUDES AND COLD TEMPERATURES ENROUTE TO GERMANY.

THE PILOT MADE 4 SCHEDULED STOPS, INCLUDING REFUELING AT EACH, AS HE CONTINUED TO KIEL GERMANY (EDHK) WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

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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