# Incident 20140805012379I: Piper PA-31-350, Hutchinson, MN, August 5, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2014, 18:40 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, MN
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal-Butler Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8599° N, 94.3825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTCHINSON MUNI/BUTLER FLD (HCD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8599&lon=-94.3825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LTI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,900 total, 200 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140805012379I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM KPIA TO KFAR, PILOT NOTICED THE R/H ENGINE WAS DROPPING IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND BEGAN LEAKING OIL OUT OF THE COWLING.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND PILOT DIVERTED TO HCD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AFTER LANDING PILOT DISCOVERED ISSUES WITH THE BOTTOM HOLD DOWN STUDS OF THE #2 CYLINDER ON THE R/H ENGINE.

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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