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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-310P · Albert Lea, MN · September 7, 2017

Date
September 7, 2017 · 19:45 local
Place
Albert Lea, MN
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N190CC
Reported as
Piper PA-46-310P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

While in cruise flight engine had a catastrophic failure of the piston -connecting rod - camshaft. Disassembly will determine exact cause - but appears piston - lifter may have failed bursting through upper hole in case.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT ENGINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE PISTON -CONNECTING ROD - CAMSHAFT. DISASSEMBLY WILL DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE - BUT APPEARS PISTON - LIFTER MAY HAVE FAILED BURSTING THROUGH UPPER HOLE IN CASE.

Other reports on N190CC · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.