# Accident 20240411013439A: Piper PA-32-301, Sullivan, MO, April 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2024, 08:24 local time
- Place: Sullivan, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1764° N, 91.0966° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1764&lon=-91.0966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N651ED, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N651ED) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240411013439A

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLYING FROM ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KRST) TO KIRK FIELD (KPGR) PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SULLIVAN REGIONAL AIRPORT (KUUV). THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT. THE AIRCRAFTS WINGS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE UPON IMPACT AND WERE FOUND TO BE LOCATED JUST BEHIND WHERE THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST BETWEEN TWO TREES.  THE ENGINE WAS DISCOVERED WITH A 6 INCH FRACTURE ON THE CASE HALF AND # 3 CYLINDER WAS DAMAGED DUE TO CRANKSHAFT FRACTURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA155), Apr 11, 2024: Piper PA-32-301 (N651ED), Sullivan, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A bearing failure that resulted in fatigue failure of the crankshaft and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

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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