A partial power loss on climbout, and two airports at very different distances
You're in a turbocharged SR22, climbing out of Memphis toward Asheville.
The morning is workable VMC, and you're headed for 15,000 feet.
Through 3,000 you're talking to departure, and everything looks normal.
Then, climbing through 6,600 feet, the airplane stops climbing.
It starts losing altitude.
About ten minutes in, your manifold pressure spikes past its limit, then begins to fluctuate.
You key up and tell the controller you have an engine issue with manifold pressure.
You tell him you are not declaring an emergency.
The engine is making partial power, and you can't hold altitude.
McKellar-Sipes, where the airplane is maintained, is about 27 miles northeast.
Bolivar sits closer, about 10 miles off your right.
You have a parachute overhead and altitude that's bleeding away — where do you put it down?
The engine is making partial power and altitude is bleeding away. Which airport can you still reach — the familiar one, or the nearest one?