Service difficulty report · Engine · Piper PA46350P

Difficulty date
May 7, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA46350P
Engine
Lyc TIO540AE2A
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SUGGEST THE ACFT WAS ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER THE PILOT HAD REPORTED THE ACFT WAS SUFFERING ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE ACFT CAME DOWN IN A RIVER A SHORT TIME LATER AND WAS SUBMERGED.

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