# Accident 20150301002719A: Piper PA-46-310P, Redmond, OR, March 1, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2015, 09:40 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Airport: Roberts Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2539° N, 121.1500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2539&lon=-121.1500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9133G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9133G) (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-BE1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,572 total, 1,299 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150301002719A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENROUTE FROM FRIDAY HARBOR, WA TO NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS AT AT FL 230 AS INDICATED BY A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND REDUCTION OF FUEL FLOW FROM 15 GALLONS PER HOUR (GPH) TO 3-3.5 GPH.  THROTTLE MOVEMENT HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGINE POWER.  HE OPERATED THE EMERGENCY ELECTRIC FUEL FUEL PUMP AND SWITCHED FUEL TANKS WHICH HAD NO EFFECT.  HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DETERMINED HIS POSITION TO BE 25-30 MILES NORTH OF REDMOND, OR.  THE DESCENT WAS FASTER THAN EXPECTED AND THE PILOT COULD NOT COMPENSATE FOR A 80-90 DEGREE TURN TO LINE UP WITH RWY 22.  HE LOWERED THE LDG AND FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  HE LANDED PERPENDICULAR, APPROXIMATELY, TO THE RWY AND VEERED INTO THE DIRT WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE 15-20 FEET OFF THE RWY.  THE PILOT WAS NOT 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 WPR15LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA137), Mar 1, 2015: Piper PA 46-310P (N9133G), Redmond, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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