# Incident 20220626022169I: Piper PA 46-350P, New Fairview, TX, June 26, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2022, 16:38 local time
- Place: New Fairview, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1091° N, 97.4346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Fairview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1091&lon=-97.4346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,762 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220626022169I

## Narrative

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

ON 6-26-2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 CDT AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM THE BRIDGEPORT TEXAS AIRPORT. DURING FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING IN A FARMED FIELD OUTSIDE OF RHOME TEXAS. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AND APPEARS TO BE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED THE ANNUNCIATOR FOR THE #1 ALTERNATOR ILLUMINATED DURING FLIGHT. PILOT SAID HE EXPERIENCED WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS A PROPELLER SURGE AND THEN THE VOLTAGE FOR #2 ALTERNATOR STARTED TO DROP. ALTERNATOR BELT WAS PROTRUDING FROM COWLING AFTER LANDING.

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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