# Incident 19780508032619I: Piper PA31, Louisville, KY, May 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1978, 01:55 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N9100Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9100Y-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780508032619I

## Narrative

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

TOP COWL CAME OFF IN FLIGHT, CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N9100Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810823051519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810823051519A), Aug 23, 1981: Piper PA31 (N9100Y), Davie, FL, Substantial damage. Struck wires on approach to landing on a road. Landed, veered off road. Illegal drug flight. Airplane abandoned.

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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