# Incident 20150419006409I: Piper PA-46-310P, Odessa, TX, April 19, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2015, 12:00 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888HL) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150419006409I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2015 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM ODO TO E11 TO PURCHASE FUEL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GRANDSON WAS ON BOARD.  ON THE RETURN FLIGHT TO ODO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT NOTICED SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURES AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE.  HE LANDED AT ODO AND THE ENGINE DIED WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS CLOSED DURING FLARE OUT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SMELLED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS ELECTRICAL FIRE, SO AFTER ROLL-OUT HE SHUT DOWN ALL SYSTEMS AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED AFTER LANDING BUT INSPECTION INDICATED FIRE DAMAGE TO FUEL LINES, WIRING AND THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSER.

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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