# Incident 20200428003439I: Hunting Percival Aircraft Ltd P84 JET PROVOST T3, Center, CO, April 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2020, 08:10 local time
- Place: Center, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7523° N, 106.1104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Center, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7523&lon=-106.1104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4427Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4427Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hunting Percival P84 JET PROVOST T3 (registry code 05620TT, https://openairdocs.org/model/hunting-percival-p84-jet-provost-t3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUNTING PERCIVAL AIRCRAFT LTD P84 JET PROVOST T3
- Reported engine: ROLLS ROYCE VIPER 102
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,047 total, 325 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200428003439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, (KCOS) AT 0730 MDT HEADING FOR CORTEZ, CO.

APPROXIMATELY 29 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF DEL NORTE, CO, ON A HEADING OF 245 DEGREES AT AN ALTITUDE OF 16,500 FEET, AND 85% TURBINE RPM, THE PILOT STARTED TO GET A VERY SLIGHT DECREASE IN TURBINE SPEED. THE TURBINE RPM DECREASED 4%. THE PILOT THOUGHT THE THROTTLE WAS CREEPING BACK, SO HE SLOWLY ADVANCED THE POWER BACK TO 85% AND HELD ON TO THE THROTTLE TO MAKE SURE IT DID NOT MOVE.  WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG, FELT A LARGE VIBRATION, RECEIVED A GENERATOR LIGHT, AND THE ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN.  SINCE THE PILOT WAS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, HE MADE AN IMMEDIATE TURN SOUTHBOUND TOWARDS LOWER TERRAIN.  THE PILOT WAS ON FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH DENVER CENTER AND CALLED MAYDAY AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  THE PILOT WAS GIVEN AN INITIAL VECTOR TOWARDS DEL NORTE AIRPORT.  DURING THE GLIDE, THE PILOT PREFORMED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND SECURED THE ENGINE.  AS THE PILOT DESCENDED, HE LOST CONTACT WITH CENTER AND RELAYED THROUGH AN AIRLINER.  THE PILOT REALIZED HE WASN?T GOING TO MAKE THE DEL NORTE AIRPORT, SO HE SURVEYED MY AVAILABLE OPTIONS.  THE PILOT CONSIDERED A DIRT ROAD BUT AS HE GOT CLOSER, HE COULD SEE THAT IT HAD TELEPHONE POLES ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.  THE PILOT CHANGED TO A PASTURE AND PLANNED TO LAND GEAR UP, BUT AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE GROUND IT LOOKED RELATIVELY SMOOTH, WITH SCATTERED SAGEBRUSH AMONGST THE GRASS.  THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND FLAPS AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AFTER GETTING STOPPED, THE PILOT RADIOED ATC THRU THE AIRLINE, THAT HE WAS DOWN AND SAFE WITH NO DAMAGE.

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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