# Incident 19830415023439I: Piper PA32RT300, Spring Hope, NC, April 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1983, 19:20 local time
- Place: Spring Hope, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.9451° N, 78.1091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Hope, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9451&lon=-78.1091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36575, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36575) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,138 total, 10 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830415023439I

## Narrative

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

TOP HALF OF ENGINE COWLING SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. PIECES BROKE RIGHT WINDSHIELD AND DAMAGED LEFT STABILATOR.

## Other reports on N36575 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910305012009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910305012009I), Mar 5, 1991: Piper PA32RT300 (N36575), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout and aircraft nosed over. Found nose gear down lock braces were broken.

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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