# Incident 20221024018429I: Piper PA-23-250, Lansing, MI, October 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2022, 20:30 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital Region International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7786° N, 84.5862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL REGION INTL (LAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7786&lon=-84.5862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6716Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6716Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,052 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221024018429I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/24/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 EDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PIPER AZTEC MODEL PA-23-250, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WITH A FLIGHT CREW FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFETY AT CAPITAL REGION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLAN) WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.

ON 10/24/2022 A RETURN FLIGHT OCCURRED FROM CHICAGO MIDWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KMDW) TO OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPTK). THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT CREW OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THEY CARRIED A PASSENGER TO MDW AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO KPTK WITHOUT ANY PASSENGERS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED “AROUND 8:18 PM EST WITH APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES LEFT IN THE FLIGHT, THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED. WE MAINTAINED ALTITUDE AS WE TRADED AIRSPEED AND RAN THE ENGINE FAILURE PROCEDURE. AFTER SUCCESSFULLY SHUTTING DOWN AND SECURING THE RIGHT ENGINE, WE ASKED TO DESCEND TO 5,000 FEET AND DIVERT TO KLAN.” THE FLIGHT CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT TO CAPITAL REGION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLAN) AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THEY TAXIED TO THE LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY “WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.”

DAMAGE IS AS FOLLOWS: THE UPPER AFT SECTION OF THE ENGINE CASE HAS A LARGE OPENING FROM THE ENGINE FAILURE INDICATING SUBSTANTIAL ENGINE FAILURE. MINOR RIGHT ENGINE COWL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE PREVIOUS ENGINE OIL ANALYSIS DID NOT INDICATE ANY ABNORMALITIES THAT MAY LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED FOR A RIGHT ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

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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