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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · New Piper PA46-350P · Alexander City, AL · March 5, 2017

Date
March 5, 2017 · 15:03 local
Place
Alexander City, AL
Airport
Thomas C Russell Fld
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N3131M
Reported as
New Piper PA46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported engine problem in flight and diverted to alx and landed safely without incident. Onsite mechanic removed left inoperative turbocharger and replaced and opschecked good, an overhauled left turbocharger.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEM IN FLIGHT AND DIVERTED TO ALX AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ONSITE MECHANIC REMOVED LEFT INOPERATIVE TURBOCHARGER AND REPLACED AND OPSCHECKED GOOD, AN OVERHAULED LEFT TURBOCHARGER.