# Incident 20241102017029I: Piper PA 46-350P, Louisville, KY, November 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2024, 12:50 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9253C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9253C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241102017029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED, "AT 15,500 FEET I HEARD AND FELT A LOAD BANG. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM HAD A FAILURE BECAUSE OF WHAT I PHYSICALLY FELT. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PRESSURIZATION GAUGE ALL 3 NEEDLES INDICATED A PROBLEM. I REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE DECENT TO 10,000 FEET. WHILE DESCENDING, ENGINE ROUGHNESS WAS APPARENT SO I DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO SDF. WHEN ATC TRIED TO DECENT ME TO 4000 FEET, I REQUESTED A HIGHER APPROACH IN CASE THE ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED. ATC GAVE ME PD FOR MY ALTITUDE SO I WAS ON A HIGH DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 17R. I WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT 7000 FEET, NUMBER TWO BEHIND SOUTHWEST. I NEVER HAD TO APPLY ANY EXTRA POWER DUE TO MY ALTITUDE AND HOW CLOSE I WAS TO SDF. AS I BACKED THE POWER TO IDLE AND LANDED, THE ENGINE STOPPED. ATC INFORMED ME WE HAD BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM MY AIRCRAFT ON FINAL. THEY GAVE ME TAXI INSTRUCTIONS, AND I RESPONDED THAT THE ENGINE HAD JUST QUIT AND I WAS TRYING TO COAST TO THE TAXIWAY AND PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE. WHEN I MADE IT PAST BY JUST COUPLE FEET I INFORMED THE TOWER. I THEN SHUT DOWN AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT. SHORTLY AFTER WE IMMEDIATELY EXITED BECAUSE OF RISK OF FIRE."

ASI SPOKE WITH MECHANIC THAT DID DISASSEMBLE THE ENGINE AND HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST A CYLINDER.  ADVISED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER.  AT TIME OF CLOSING INVESTIGATION MECHANIC WAS WAITING FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DECIDE HOW TO PROCEED.

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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