# Incident 20170907017679I: Piper PA-46-310P, Albert Lea, MN, September 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2017, 19:45 local time
- Place: Albert Lea, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6543° N, 93.3641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albert Lea, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6543&lon=-93.3641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N190CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N190CC) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170907017679I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20140316003609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140316003609I), Mar 16, 2014: Piper PA-46-310P (N190CC), Santa Theresa, NM, Minor damage. N190CC landed on runway 28 at 5T6. On the rollout after landing the pilot and three passengers heard the hydraulic pump cycling. Pilot turned off on the…

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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