# Incident 19840907056909I: Piper PA32300, Blunt, SD, September 7, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1984, 22:50 local time
- Place: Blunt, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 44.5159° N, 99.9886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blunt, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5159&lon=-99.9886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83JD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,750 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840907056909I

## Narrative

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

TOP HALF OF THE ENGINE COWLING SEPARATED IN CRUISE FLIGHT. WINDSCREEN DOOR POST AND VERTICAL STABILIZER DAMAGED.

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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